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and the New Order of HighsecMiner Bumpingnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2305125Minerbumpingcomhttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-2282252136712866372017-08-17T17:56:00.000+00:002017-08-17T17:56:18.011+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 11<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>Mission Ready Mining</b> corp's Gelhan division couldn't get a break. Just as one Agent vanished, another appeared. And <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-10.html" target="_blank">early signs suggested</a> that <b>Georgia B Dixie</b> was every bit as implacable a bumper as any other in the New Order.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVVW_0NHHDU/WZXXvTybXFI/AAAAAAAAvPg/jwNjJ5MUwjgO-exHx6xBINaEi9d5-G3pQCLcBGAs/s1600/J00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="460" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVVW_0NHHDU/WZXXvTybXFI/AAAAAAAAvPg/jwNjJ5MUwjgO-exHx6xBINaEi9d5-G3pQCLcBGAs/s1600/J00.png" /></a></div><br />The MRM miners were bumped from the field one after the other. If Georgia had any weaknesses, they were not apparent.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AfEzpK4qyhg/WZXXxn9I9rI/AAAAAAAAvPk/-u-W8aKDREY_5MMZKAqRmD6U3jlGU5VAwCLcBGAs/s1600/J01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AfEzpK4qyhg/WZXXxn9I9rI/AAAAAAAAvPk/-u-W8aKDREY_5MMZKAqRmD6U3jlGU5VAwCLcBGAs/s1600/J01.png" /></a></div><br />Though the carebears tried to rattle her faith in the Code, Georgia's strength and confidence in the Code only grew. Time for the rebel forces to regroup and reassess.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTgJM86s9EE/WZXXz1A36xI/AAAAAAAAvPo/wlJ0aW2yXd8J5zrraznEvhd0OEcWqC4KQCLcBGAs/s1600/J02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="450" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTgJM86s9EE/WZXXz1A36xI/AAAAAAAAvPo/wlJ0aW2yXd8J5zrraznEvhd0OEcWqC4KQCLcBGAs/s1600/J02.png" /></a></div><br />Higher-ups in MRM instructed all of the miners to remain silent in local. They hoped that if MRM ceased all communications with Georgia, she'd get bored and go away. But as the old saying goes, the bumper will always get through.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU5i9pm6bow/WZXX2NwAWFI/AAAAAAAAvPs/PlunOJxtkp4LKPImbwK9eo-YHw_5IALIACLcBGAs/s1600/J03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="450" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU5i9pm6bow/WZXX2NwAWFI/AAAAAAAAvPs/PlunOJxtkp4LKPImbwK9eo-YHw_5IALIACLcBGAs/s1600/J03.png" /></a></div><br />Agent Georgia was feeling more and more at home in the Gelhan system. As she ruled the roost, the teeming masses of MRM could only look on and watch.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NIf37-7Yrek/WZXX4Sw-dsI/AAAAAAAAvPw/XaJScupSlA0nsgF4cKjPM5VdxPtwpOGvQCLcBGAs/s1600/J04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="350" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NIf37-7Yrek/WZXX4Sw-dsI/AAAAAAAAvPw/XaJScupSlA0nsgF4cKjPM5VdxPtwpOGvQCLcBGAs/s1600/J04.png" /></a></div><br />Occasionally, MRM would send a mining barge or an Orca into the ice anomaly, only to have it unceremoniously swatted back into deep space. It was clear that whatever MRM's strategy was, it was getting nowhere.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DwTBiEnhPF8/WZXX6TL0lCI/AAAAAAAAvP0/CSwWjIxaetoyjUUdW01Rot5aWLZCd3nKQCLcBGAs/s1600/J05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="350" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DwTBiEnhPF8/WZXX6TL0lCI/AAAAAAAAvP0/CSwWjIxaetoyjUUdW01Rot5aWLZCd3nKQCLcBGAs/s1600/J05.png" /></a></div><br />For now, MRM was reduced to the occasional idle threat. They weren't even able to maintain comms discipline in local chat. That was only on the surface though--there was no telling what MRM's legions were getting up to behind the scenes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xKNbIk5AN4E/WZXX8qdm2-I/AAAAAAAAvP4/K4HH0jTyjfgJZztdC4bQkI629IYzGJMcQCLcBGAs/s1600/J06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xKNbIk5AN4E/WZXX8qdm2-I/AAAAAAAAvP4/K4HH0jTyjfgJZztdC4bQkI629IYzGJMcQCLcBGAs/s1600/J06.png" /></a></div><br />As the hours wore on, MRM gave up trying to keep its pilots from venting their frustration in local. <b>Medallion Solette</b> had spent all day in Gelhan waiting for Georgia to leave so she could mine. The wait was getting to her.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ppwTLzFPpIk/WZXX-u9nhpI/AAAAAAAAvP8/7XF4pf4K08ceZN1uPM6iTGG6uivGWqPeQCLcBGAs/s1600/J07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="350" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ppwTLzFPpIk/WZXX-u9nhpI/AAAAAAAAvP8/7XF4pf4K08ceZN1uPM6iTGG6uivGWqPeQCLcBGAs/s1600/J07.png" /></a></div><br />Medallion repeatedly encouraged our Agent to commit suicide in real life. For some, this might be a bannable offense, though MRM's miners couldn't help but think Georgia was asking for it. What did she expect with all that miner bumping?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnHz8Mtjvnc/WZXYAw82zhI/AAAAAAAAvQA/AAZRJT-REdUPLw9x1SSakx6ayX0Sfk5ewCLcBGAs/s1600/J08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="350" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnHz8Mtjvnc/WZXYAw82zhI/AAAAAAAAvQA/AAZRJT-REdUPLw9x1SSakx6ayX0Sfk5ewCLcBGAs/s1600/J08.png" /></a></div><br />Perennial threat-maker <b>Yanamota Acami</b> toyed with a little of the denialist "Bumping? That won't do anything" stuff, to no avail. Georgia looked upon the empty asteroid belts and ice anomaly and was deeply satisfied.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUfzXiLosAM/WZXYDHakd1I/AAAAAAAAvQE/3MUBpbvpp6waHxsyO3PMcExTUKk64ZzlgCLcBGAs/s1600/J09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="350" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUfzXiLosAM/WZXYDHakd1I/AAAAAAAAvQE/3MUBpbvpp6waHxsyO3PMcExTUKk64ZzlgCLcBGAs/s1600/J09.png" /></a></div><br />Yanamota's patience ran out. She prepared to go to battle against Georgia's bumping Machariel.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vT_pF0Qzjh0/WZXYFXcF6YI/AAAAAAAAvQI/mE332kPBlg0mP4wyJjTEM_eReoyuWOzvACLcBGAs/s1600/J10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="350" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vT_pF0Qzjh0/WZXYFXcF6YI/AAAAAAAAvQI/mE332kPBlg0mP4wyJjTEM_eReoyuWOzvACLcBGAs/s1600/J10.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Markiriam Aubaris</b> accused Georgia of being boring. True, she was "forcing" the miners to sit in a station all day instead of mining. Still, the presence of an Agent of the New Order was the most excitement Gelhan was ever going to get.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqmb_XBDSCo/WZXYH6L1EaI/AAAAAAAAvQM/Uw-f22kIdecL0B4nPKMCkz_v045b7DnyQCLcBGAs/s1600/J11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqmb_XBDSCo/WZXYH6L1EaI/AAAAAAAAvQM/Uw-f22kIdecL0B4nPKMCkz_v045b7DnyQCLcBGAs/s1600/J11.png" /></a></div><br />Besides, although the ice anomaly was a scene of tranquility for now, violence could break out at any moment.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/1Ic7oFBKfMQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com8http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-11.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-90890312217179827062017-08-16T17:24:00.000+00:002017-08-16T17:24:43.085+00:00The Awesome Samaritan, Part 2<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Twelve-year EVE veteran <b>William Bell</b> suffered the tragic loss of his even more tragically-fit Hulk. But his luck turned for the better when he ran into <b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b>, who offered to help him get back on his feet. What William apparently didn't realize, however, is that Kintaro was an <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-awesome-samaritan-part-1.html" target="_blank">Agent of the New Order</a>.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; well I hope I can trust you because starting over......idk if I could take that right now.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; to much going on with life<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I feel you.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I'm 34 and a truck driver who will be going back on the road the following monday</blockquote>Kintaro offered to help William move his belongings into a safer area of highsec. William was a little nervous about the idea of handing over all of his assets to a complete stranger, but what choice did he have?<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; checking charon stats.... I hope to have one someday:)<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; They're easy to get into. And you should keep your ISK.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Let's get your stuff here and then put up orders for Amarr.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; ok I'll start gathering things together</blockquote>William dreamed of one day owning a freighter, presumably so that he could send it AFK into Uedama. For now, though, he didn't need a freighter. Kintaro was willing to transport William's stuff for him.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Where abouts will it be? I'll start that way.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; most in Autaris<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Nice, only 17 jumps and I can keep it in highsec.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I need to buy a new clone how do I do that<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Clones don't get upgraded anymore.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I don't want to die and loose my skill points</blockquote>Much had changed in the 9 years since William claimed he'd last played. While William organized his property in preparation for handing it over to Kintaro, our Agent helpfully answered all of William's questions.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; No SP loss on being podded.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; that's a plus<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; ISK is a bit easier to get now, too.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; i see the astroids are bigger<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; well looks like I'll have to sell my ore, you can't take it in one trip<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I can compress it.</blockquote>Strangely--perhaps alarmingly--William asked no questions about how to get a mining permit or obey the Code. It was a major blind spot for the miner.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; how much m3 can you carry again?<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I'm at 1,535,036.7 with ore<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; No worries, I can run twice.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; ok thx a ton man, I really really appriciate this<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; No worries. I know the pain of being ganked hard.</blockquote>Agent Kintaro was more than willing to help a miner in need. It's in the Agent job description, after all.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; So, I hate ganking.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; NO JOKE!<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Compressed Solid Pyroxeres<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Compressed ore.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; double/triple checking everything<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Awesome.</blockquote>Kintaro tested William to see where he stood on the subject of ganking. William was against it. Kintaro took note of this.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; setting up contract now<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; kk<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I've got a couple contracts going that way anyhow, so it works out.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; they guys that pvpd me posts their kills , the first one they have is a charon.....didn't make me feel so good because I really really want one</blockquote>William did have a few points in his favor. First, he had the presence of mind to check the killboards of those who'd ganked him. Second, he acknowledged that the gankers had "PvP'ed" him. He didn't have the "ganking isn't PvP" mindset that so many rebel carebears do. Maybe William really <i>had</i> been absent for the last 9 years, and had avoided some of the rebels' poison.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; LOL the value of this first haul just about made me fall over<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Heh, I won't even look.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; It'll go into plastic wrap.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; don't worry about a per jump charge<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; just make it 0<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I just hope you're as nice as you seem:)<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Yeah, lol</blockquote>William separated all of his worldly possessions into two separate courier contracts. Since William enjoyed mining and hauling, I suppose he'd taken the time to at least learn about the contract feature.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; lol this one too for est. value lol AAHHH!!!!!! lol<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; hahahaha<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; well I hope nothing happens because it took a long time to get that stuff.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; It'll be fine.</blockquote>Now it was time for William to entrust everything he owned to Kintaro, who had patiently waited for the opportunity to prove himself.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BM0j11t-9As/WZR-8AY1JKI/AAAAAAAAvPM/KanNPp4POvE3hc3wzKRFfNZks-B8nnmUQCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="291" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BM0j11t-9As/WZR-8AY1JKI/AAAAAAAAvPM/KanNPp4POvE3hc3wzKRFfNZks-B8nnmUQCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" /></a></div><br />Kintaro accepted both contracts and prepared to transport William's possessions to their intended destination. Just as Kintaro was about to do this, he noticed something very troubling: William Bell didn't have a mining permit. Was he a bot-aspirant? Kintaro certainly didn't want to be accused of facilitating another player's bot-aspirancy. Now our Agent had no choice but to open the courier packages and see if there was any additional incriminating evidence.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zx1bn9-1_ZA/WZR--MoceXI/AAAAAAAAvPQ/gr-ZoqmYIXQ1lY1MgV-HRsdT7kdwyINuQCLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zx1bn9-1_ZA/WZR--MoceXI/AAAAAAAAvPQ/gr-ZoqmYIXQ1lY1MgV-HRsdT7kdwyINuQCLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" /></a></div><br />Kintaro's heart sank when he discovered what was inside the packages. In addition to a large supply of illegally-sourced ore, William had a collection of mining crystal blueprints and other contraband. Kintaro decided to confiscate everything. In all, 600 million isk of property was taken from William (who was old enough to think of that as a lot of money).<br /><br />Following this action, William cut off all communication with Kintaro. This is not uncommon, as many carebears are so greedy that they treat their friendships in a very transactional manner. Nevertheless, Kintaro was satisfied that justice had been done. You might say this victory for the Code was nearly ten years in the making. The CODE always wins--always--no matter how long it takes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/DTofeUV9LkE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com28http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-awesome-samaritan-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-36915542735809233912017-08-15T15:53:00.000+00:002017-08-15T15:53:35.464+00:00The Awesome Samaritan, Part 1In modern highsec, justice is real.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bScwBZgH0ks/WZMYBSfjzUI/AAAAAAAAvOo/CLdTe9nDnM0ul63R-EcfV__uKu3iSUjpgCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="563" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bScwBZgH0ks/WZMYBSfjzUI/AAAAAAAAvOo/CLdTe9nDnM0ul63R-EcfV__uKu3iSUjpgCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />In the tranquil system of Autaris, justice came to <b>William Bell</b>, who <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63789655/" target="_blank">lost his Hulk</a>. In addition to his poor choice of career and mining ship, William had erred in equipping his Hulk with such modules as a sentry damage rig and a 1mn Civilian Afterburner. Clearly, this was a new player in need of some good advice.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fp6x86DhZHc/WZMYELEwWmI/AAAAAAAAvOs/cv7CZk3Pz9IXJeeb0LWHwM8f3ODJeEkGgCLcBGAs/s1600/01b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="458" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fp6x86DhZHc/WZMYELEwWmI/AAAAAAAAvOs/cv7CZk3Pz9IXJeeb0LWHwM8f3ODJeEkGgCLcBGAs/s1600/01b.png" /></a></div><br />Or maybe not so new. William had been a member of a highsec mining corporation for just shy of 10 years. In fact, William started playing EVE in 2005. A lot's changed since then--the most significant change being the Code.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9kFwdlEGRU/WZMYGMz8_rI/AAAAAAAAvOw/RLOprHcz99Mn--RKlUdTla8bCYGTz-MPQCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="589" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9kFwdlEGRU/WZMYGMz8_rI/AAAAAAAAvOw/RLOprHcz99Mn--RKlUdTla8bCYGTz-MPQCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />Shortly after being ganked, William caught a break. He was contacted by <b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b>, who offered assistance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UouymWxRFPM/WZMYIS-KFJI/AAAAAAAAvO0/IJ9BK9ycIGwH4ug_ucsOldnwvy92j-F1QCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="516" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UouymWxRFPM/WZMYIS-KFJI/AAAAAAAAvO0/IJ9BK9ycIGwH4ug_ucsOldnwvy92j-F1QCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br />Contrary to what you might expect, Kintaro was not a member of the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance. He simply saw a fellow EVE player in need and wanted to help out.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0GUw0Zp-qsk/WZMYKehYM1I/AAAAAAAAvO4/uSxwM87-UMQbZ_eano1zoAO1439vqTnJQCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="580" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0GUw0Zp-qsk/WZMYKehYM1I/AAAAAAAAvO4/uSxwM87-UMQbZ_eano1zoAO1439vqTnJQCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />When he returned to his keyboard, William sent a reply. He admitted that he was indeed the original owner of the aged William Bell character.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I will take all the help you can give, thank you so much<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; I've only been back for 2 days been gone for 9.5 years...but got back into it to get my mind off the divorce.....and then this happenes, I almost took an ax to my computer<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Is your corp just you?<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; yep 3 characters all me</blockquote>Kintaro joined a private convo with William and his fellow corp members, who turned out to be William's alts.<br /><blockquote><b>William Bell</b> &gt; and from the looks of it struggling really bad<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Well, yeah.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I mean, you have t2 mining ships. Anything else? It's rough to mine.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; yep</blockquote>The miner had been gone for nearly 10 years, he claimed. If true, he'd been away while the New Order took over. He was certainly having difficulty adjusting to the new highsec. He probably hadn't even read the Code yet.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; A lot of stuff, spread around?<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I have a citadel in Seil for my corp.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; whats that<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Basically a player owned station.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; ahh ok....any chance of this happening to me again somewhere whereever you're setup at? I just want to mine research and build and sell in peace any ideas?</blockquote>After being ganked, William feared that he'd accidentally settled in a high-crime neighborhood and wanted to move away. Maybe Kintaro knew a safer area of highsec where he could AFK mine in peace.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Not likely. The system is pretty quiet and I like to wardec anyone that gets uppity.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I was going to offer a freighter pickup for your stuff and bring it here.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; sounds good. I apparently need protection....you have anything that might be able to haul all my stuff outta here?<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; yeah, I need outta here, you're place have good ore?</blockquote>The miner had been looking for Scordite, but he struck gold with Kintaro. The dude had it all figured out.<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; Hah, yeah. If you want, you can contract it all to me on a 1 day deal and I'll pick it up with my Charon and run it here.<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; It's a 0.6 system with lowsec next door.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; ok , that should mean decent ore and ore yields, sure I take you up on that but are you going to run away with all my stuff? it's expensive<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; or should I put a colateral on it</blockquote>Kintaro offered to move all of William's stuff to his new home. Suddenly, William suffered a pang of doubt. What if Kintaro was a scammer?<br /><blockquote><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; No. I have no reason to do that. I've got my own stuff, plenty of ISK and I hate gankers too.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; well I hope I can trust you because starting over......idk if I could take that right now.<br /><b>William Bell</b> &gt; to much going on with life<br /><b>Kintaro Kitsuji</b> &gt; I feel you.</blockquote>In fact, Kintaro had no intention of harming the miner. Actually, he was going to help William adjust by teaching him how to play EVE in 2017.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uUZJoEpjcC4/WZMYM7hUjpI/AAAAAAAAvO8/lkP5R1eYB4o8RxNVuBdYI1a32BMBhvhPwCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uUZJoEpjcC4/WZMYM7hUjpI/AAAAAAAAvO8/lkP5R1eYB4o8RxNVuBdYI1a32BMBhvhPwCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />The first lesson: Always read the fine print.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/F6owBwN6QqI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com27http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-awesome-samaritan-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-41936747197144306642017-08-14T17:32:00.000+00:002017-08-14T17:32:16.137+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 10<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Just when the <b>Mission Ready Mining</b> corp thought peace had returned to Gelhan, Agent <b>Kalorned</b>'s bumping and ganking campaign was followed by the appearance of <b>Georgia B Dixie</b>. Georgia was a Machariel pilot, and she found joy and purpose in bumping <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-9.html" target="_blank">the non-compliant miners</a> of Gelhan.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LVjCuzK_g_w/WZHdc_EoRkI/AAAAAAAAvNo/4MP-SbU9Asoke4HhDNPZXKCnqGjy4v2HgCLcBGAs/s1600/I01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LVjCuzK_g_w/WZHdc_EoRkI/AAAAAAAAvNo/4MP-SbU9Asoke4HhDNPZXKCnqGjy4v2HgCLcBGAs/s1600/I01.png" /></a></div><br />It soon became clear to the MRM miners that Georgia had learned a lot from her mentor Kalorned. She was able to quote the Code from memory and bump the Gelhan ice anomaly clean.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCnlLrOs484/WZHdfALYMHI/AAAAAAAAvNs/Zd5PJOVMjaIvyqRtQi_kXFVe2TLpt1yfQCLcBGAs/s1600/I02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCnlLrOs484/WZHdfALYMHI/AAAAAAAAvNs/Zd5PJOVMjaIvyqRtQi_kXFVe2TLpt1yfQCLcBGAs/s1600/I02.png" /></a></div><br />For Mission Ready Mining, it was as if the Kalorned nightmare was repeating itself all over again. Were they really going to have to deal with <i>another</i> Agent of the New Order?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k65T6SAQE8c/WZHdhAmlVgI/AAAAAAAAvNw/PeY1Ir0E630do1Kmip5Go-64XGxbXs5qACLcBGAs/s1600/I03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="314" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k65T6SAQE8c/WZHdhAmlVgI/AAAAAAAAvNw/PeY1Ir0E630do1Kmip5Go-64XGxbXs5qACLcBGAs/s1600/I03.png" /></a></div><br />In any carebear rebellion, the first step is to shout some jeers in local to see if the Code enforcer can be rattled.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SRIDmrpNO9U/WZHdj35uP-I/AAAAAAAAvN0/GSb9--tTBS0NYZ0NsBinJP3ZehoTmsdnwCLcBGAs/s1600/I04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="314" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SRIDmrpNO9U/WZHdj35uP-I/AAAAAAAAvN0/GSb9--tTBS0NYZ0NsBinJP3ZehoTmsdnwCLcBGAs/s1600/I04.png" /></a></div><br />If the Agent proves to be unflappable--as is always the case when dealing with the New Order--additional steps need to be taken.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YUzSwHcSJ2I/WZHdmNqHHdI/AAAAAAAAvN4/aXYzpaZ_Pz829SKM6pB30G0BloACly2bgCLcBGAs/s1600/I05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="385" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YUzSwHcSJ2I/WZHdmNqHHdI/AAAAAAAAvN4/aXYzpaZ_Pz829SKM6pB30G0BloACly2bgCLcBGAs/s1600/I05.png" /></a></div><br />Georgia's Machariel attracted counter-bumpers and other pilots who intended to interfere with her bumping operations. But no matter how many ships MRM sent, none were willing to even attempt to gank her.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wNTwigv90cM/WZHdoAZ1sdI/AAAAAAAAvN8/X_9gYnfjKF8LRz6ZL4l74DANad_5V5pdgCLcBGAs/s1600/I06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wNTwigv90cM/WZHdoAZ1sdI/AAAAAAAAvN8/X_9gYnfjKF8LRz6ZL4l74DANad_5V5pdgCLcBGAs/s1600/I06.png" /></a></div><br />Georgia was energized and filled with wonder by the power the Code gave her over everyone else in the system. "This must be what it feels like to be Kalorned," she thought.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8WrZN52gRTE/WZHdq9Ue2RI/AAAAAAAAvOA/ZlnceUJCKGg9Mw2Y603s5dZ5pVEY-yq4wCLcBGAs/s1600/I07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8WrZN52gRTE/WZHdq9Ue2RI/AAAAAAAAvOA/ZlnceUJCKGg9Mw2Y603s5dZ5pVEY-yq4wCLcBGAs/s1600/I07.png" /></a></div><br />Mission Ready Mining is a corporation with well over two thousand members. They weren't simply going to give up. They instinctively (though wrongly) believed that there must be some way to stop the New Order.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AcaNA95X8f0/WZHdtCIha4I/AAAAAAAAvOE/J_xfKMDc_kkexJrZBwpZnuPFO7yFC5a-gCLcBGAs/s1600/I08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AcaNA95X8f0/WZHdtCIha4I/AAAAAAAAvOE/J_xfKMDc_kkexJrZBwpZnuPFO7yFC5a-gCLcBGAs/s1600/I08.png" /></a></div><br />The rebels' next idea was to petition CCP to permaban Georgia. Our Agent laughed off the threat so easily that the plan was immediately discarded.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HM5m9NQuma4/WZHdvuEkPYI/AAAAAAAAvOI/j5bESdwAkM43rkvEE8tKtUCHJRhKab_hgCLcBGAs/s1600/I09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="500" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HM5m9NQuma4/WZHdvuEkPYI/AAAAAAAAvOI/j5bESdwAkM43rkvEE8tKtUCHJRhKab_hgCLcBGAs/s1600/I09.png" /></a></div><br />On some level, the carebears understood that the source of Georgia's power was her faith in the Code. Now they sought to undermine that faith.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zHqK9NgDXZA/WZHdyH6w0dI/AAAAAAAAvOM/ZGgZJFG-V8ELiXVTmjUln6hRj5LtVGUeQCLcBGAs/s1600/I10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zHqK9NgDXZA/WZHdyH6w0dI/AAAAAAAAvOM/ZGgZJFG-V8ELiXVTmjUln6hRj5LtVGUeQCLcBGAs/s1600/I10.png" /></a></div><br />One after another, the miners presented arguments to try to get Georgia to doubt the Code and discredit the New Order.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNZjY4P_jmk/WZHd0uF_FSI/AAAAAAAAvOQ/MT-i0v36hQo912ml0eR-A-Hc8yrgTOGMwCLcBGAs/s1600/I11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNZjY4P_jmk/WZHd0uF_FSI/AAAAAAAAvOQ/MT-i0v36hQo912ml0eR-A-Hc8yrgTOGMwCLcBGAs/s1600/I11.png" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately for the carebears, our Agents have heard it all before. And even if the Agent is new, it's easy to see through the miners' self-serving, hypocritical arguments. E.g., "I only mine in highsec and want total safety, but you're a coward if you don't go to lowsec."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-n36KdCuW0/WZHd3CBSrSI/AAAAAAAAvOU/Pr5DgzuyhrEo8FVuB3gsirRzmZ6ArmEcACLcBGAs/s1600/I12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-n36KdCuW0/WZHd3CBSrSI/AAAAAAAAvOU/Pr5DgzuyhrEo8FVuB3gsirRzmZ6ArmEcACLcBGAs/s1600/I12.png" /></a></div><br />It's hard to overstate the power of the bumper. In fact, after witnessing a bumper in action, many carebears will encourage the bumper to switch to ganking.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pJdTHNnf0RY/WZHd5c55JMI/AAAAAAAAvOY/3AYbQA25Kqo1C69phTglVFm6bbker3GOQCLcBGAs/s1600/I13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="550" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pJdTHNnf0RY/WZHd5c55JMI/AAAAAAAAvOY/3AYbQA25Kqo1C69phTglVFm6bbker3GOQCLcBGAs/s1600/I13.png" /></a></div><br />MRM and its allies became frustrated. No matter what they tried, they couldn't persuade Georgia to give up. If they were going to stop her from becoming another Kalorned, they'd need to resort to much more drastic measures.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/9ahp0YuewXU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com15http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-48768860958175366432017-08-13T20:41:00.000+00:002017-08-13T20:41:40.997+00:00Kills of the WeekTolerance and respect are two of the main pillars of the New Order of Highsec: Carebears are required to tolerate and respect the Code. Those who disobey the Code are a threat to our tolerant, respectful society and must therefore be eradicated with extreme prejudice. Some helpful examples, from the week of August 6th @ 00:00 EVEtime through August 12th @ 23:59 EVEtime:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64017083/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWADVLccgEI/WZC26p1zceI/AAAAAAAAvMo/HUJHS-OZamotJkfHI9qJquNymdmjh1newCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64017083/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Convoy Prime</b> didn't exactly live up to his name. He chose to travel alone, AFK, and on autopilot. Convoy wasn't up to speed on the changes our fair Order has brought to highsec; he didn't realize that autopiloting in a shuttle puts a big red target on your back. Agent <b>Aaaarrgg</b> was thrilled to see a Leopard, as they've become considerably more rare these days--thanks to our Agents.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ixAs5XjxTaY/WZC29HrUwDI/AAAAAAAAvMs/xS7ufT-yPrUJDe4InEq7h5df2_0b9y1SgCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Bcargo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="548" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ixAs5XjxTaY/WZC29HrUwDI/AAAAAAAAvMs/xS7ufT-yPrUJDe4InEq7h5df2_0b9y1SgCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Bcargo.png" /></a></div><br />Aaaarrgg was pleasantly surprised when the shuttle kill yielded a 3 billion isk batch of skill injectors. He wanted to wish the AFK Leopard pilot a good fight, but it was several minutes before Convoy finally accepted the convo request.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NdADOuyeFO0/WZC2_ATiEMI/AAAAAAAAvMw/KwLrQ-sIHDwzq5M4UkPzcvvTd5hnrWEowCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Btears1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="311" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NdADOuyeFO0/WZC2_ATiEMI/AAAAAAAAvMw/KwLrQ-sIHDwzq5M4UkPzcvvTd5hnrWEowCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Btears1.png" /></a></div><br />Convoy announced that he'd only been killed due to a "socket closure". It's amazing how often carebears suffer network issues at the very moment they're ganked.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLt4Rzw6Q7s/WZC3A-sCwoI/AAAAAAAAvM0/e3XmdfLzSDAwKAZMZilfsV__GzNwjYiPgCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Btears2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="97" data-original-width="311" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLt4Rzw6Q7s/WZC3A-sCwoI/AAAAAAAAvM0/e3XmdfLzSDAwKAZMZilfsV__GzNwjYiPgCLcBGAs/s1600/leopard%2Btears2.png" /></a></div><br />Hopefully Convoy will be more careful in the future. Players who obey the Code don't get as many socket closures, I've noticed.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63977112/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4d4Gp6qj6ZQ/WZC3DIIBwxI/AAAAAAAAvM4/Plqv6Px5LNEsJxecu8ZtpGbTiCsiV8RQwCLcBGAs/s1600/retriever.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63977112/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />This will be one of those "themed" Kills of the Week posts. We start with <b>Zhool Arzi</b>, whose 146 million isk Retriever was stomped by Agent <b>Alexander Kirenski</b>. Zhool made the mistake of fitting a 'Carpo' Mining Laser Upgrade, which tripled the value of his ship. A little bling can be as bad as a lot.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63980408/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y56G6RjfE5w/WZC3FwgMwMI/AAAAAAAAvM8/g35uVTBVW3kXXLOpeunP00wh9rNC15f_gCLcBGAs/s1600/covetor.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63980408/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Next, the Covetor. <b>TickleMy Elmo</b> was the week's obligatory ORE Strip Miner guy. The rest of his fittings were less expensive, but no better. Agents <b>Alyth Nerun</b> and <b>Ima Wreckyou</b> put TickleMy out of his and the rest of highsec's misery.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64006458/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w-ab32qeaAo/WZC3IsC51bI/AAAAAAAAvNA/SIfRTuBmjXg9vtrr611nniDLNVDk-SkOQCLcBGAs/s1600/mack.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64006458/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Ryu Aridashi</b> completes the set with an overpriced Mackinaw. Agents <b>Subotai Hyrkanian</b> and <b>Crom Cimmeria</b> scanned the ship and noticed a horrendous display of seemingly random modules. Surprisingly, none of the bad module choices were responsible for the high value of the Mackinaw...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YJNvrhUyV4/WZC3LZRnzrI/AAAAAAAAvNE/RdqWx5p_32EG4Qgv2NLhqHhFQJrHhK8nACLcBGAs/s1600/mack%2Bdrones.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="577" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YJNvrhUyV4/WZC3LZRnzrI/AAAAAAAAvNE/RdqWx5p_32EG4Qgv2NLhqHhFQJrHhK8nACLcBGAs/s1600/mack%2Bdrones.png" /></a></div><br />Decadent drones will get you every time. And now for the week's worst mining ship:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64002191/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aczehC2Tq5E/WZC3NcMDkbI/AAAAAAAAvNI/odJs_Wu3y3wQoS09k13HV3x1_YVcRhDOACLcBGAs/s1600/thorax.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64002191/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />What was <b>Gintaras Mikalocius</b> thinking? After destroying his mining Thorax, Agent <b>Guybertini</b> contacted Gintaras to find out:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_TY9ta9zkfE/WZC3PxLL0rI/AAAAAAAAvNM/0J-xEqu5oHY6zae7btCYEg9emBYw1gbQwCLcBGAs/s1600/thorax%2Btears.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="488" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_TY9ta9zkfE/WZC3PxLL0rI/AAAAAAAAvNM/0J-xEqu5oHY6zae7btCYEg9emBYw1gbQwCLcBGAs/s1600/thorax%2Btears.png" /></a></div><br />There's your answer. As expected, the carebear <i>wasn't</i> thinking at all.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64020811/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lV-DUbdTUWE/WZC3SvvnlmI/AAAAAAAAvNQ/pseBIdECa1o8c3YGx7_2E8Dip0pNVe2TQCLcBGAs/s1600/pod.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64020811/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Zartev</b> lost a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/64020806/" target="_blank">1.9 billion isk Golem</a> and stuck around to be podded by Agent <b>Jin Culdac</b>. The result was an additional 3.2 billion isk catastrophe for the carebear.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--EkVkkHswUU/WZC3VRATi9I/AAAAAAAAvNU/viI5ntBEeSwbrc9JrXyl00O2UnShS8rdACLcBGAs/s1600/implants.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--EkVkkHswUU/WZC3VRATi9I/AAAAAAAAvNU/viI5ntBEeSwbrc9JrXyl00O2UnShS8rdACLcBGAs/s1600/implants.png" /></a></div><br />The Mining Foreman Mindlink was actually the least expensive of the implants, but it was the most revealing. Though Zartev was at the helm of a Marauder, he was a highsec miner at his core. Let's hope he has a change of heart.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/-kJ4CofiWt0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com17http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/kills-of-week_13.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-20253005405102769452017-08-12T17:34:00.000+00:002017-08-12T17:34:19.647+00:00The Solitude Investigation, Part 4<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> The Solitude region was full of dangers, but Agent <b>Bob the Fourth</b> faced them all with extraordinary courage and skill. After months of uninterrupted victories, Bob was confronted by <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-3.html" target="_blank">his most formidable opponent yet</a>: <b>Abaddon Remillard</b>.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; please nigger I stopped mining 2 yrs a go<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Now I'm your worst nightmare<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Skilled up and looking for retribution on your arse.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; this is not the way to a peaceful end. 10 million isk per character is a small price to pay for a whole year of safety.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Nigger please you have to die by my hand is fated by the Gods.</blockquote>Bob hoped for a nonviolent solution, but Abaddon was only interested in combat. The rebel was determined to stop Bob from ever enforcing the Code again.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; okay, just out of interest, if you're not a miner, why do you care about this system? Mining is about all it's good for.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I wat to get rid of the pestilence that is James 315.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; It is gone and the goons are ripe for retribution.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; The geoploitical timimg is perfct.</blockquote>Abaddon revealed that for all these years, hiding in his dark, obscure corner of highsec, he'd nursed a grudge against the Saviour of Highsec and the Goons. Now his moment had arrived.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I mined foe 3 years (not botming) thje hard way.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; retribution against the goons? how are you going to do that from high sec?<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Are you retarded by taking small pieces of you. "death by a thousandbcuts".<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; "Goons"are irelevant.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lets be real.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; ok</blockquote>Three years of mining gives a man a lot of time to think. Abaddon had spent that time devising a strategy for defeating the New Order and turning the entire EVE galaxy on its head.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lets pretend i'm not stupid ok.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; ok, lets.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; epic fight like McGregor and that pussy Mayweather.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Pussy!!!!<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are just like Mayweather pick your fight the ones that you can win.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Typical American.</blockquote>Like so many other villains, Abaddon couldn't resist sharing his plan with Bob. He had difficulty articulating it, so he indulged in a little pre-fight trash talk instead.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; really, are we calling each other names now?<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You can't fight for shit<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Is that clear enough?<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; hmm, and here it is you, asking me to leave.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I respect you but at the end of the day you are a pussy.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are a bully and a coward</blockquote>Abaddon accidentally suggested that he respected bullying and cowardice. So far, Bob was unimpressed by what Abaddon had to offer, but the threat remained very real.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; I wonder what that makes the alliance that can't get rid of me?<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fuck the nlliance<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; look what is in front of you<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; ok,, at this moment, a belt full of compliant ships<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Complient for how long Mayweather<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I mined for 3 yrs not going back when I can kill you<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Complient that</blockquote>So far, Bob had been able to enforce the Code at will. He held the field, so to speak. It was up to Abaddon to take some action that would change the game. Bob waited.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; that's the thing isn't it, you can't kill me.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lol really you think thats true...god thats a joke.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I found you in lowsec today what makes you think I can't find you anywhere.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Please Nigger.</blockquote>Bob encouraged Abaddon to explain what he was talking about. The rebel couldn't quite manage that, but he did seem extremely confident. Maybe Abaddon had something up his sleeve after all.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; by found, i gather you mean watched me fly by<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lol yes I was flying by...but what happended if I stop and started to pay attention to you.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; um, about as much as is happening now i would assume.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; lets stop the Bullshit and the Bravado and do this right now.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; what would you like to do? i'm open to discuss your permit purchase.</blockquote>As the two men sized each other up, the tension in local only rose.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fuck that shit<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fight me<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; 45 Bil for me.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; And my number 2 is not far behind me.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Do you care about your pawns Bob?</blockquote>As time went on, Abaddon became more and more eager to fight Bob. One of the most important combat skills in EVE is the ability to force an opponent into battle with you. But did Abaddon have a strategy other than begging?<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; which pawns would they be then? Do tell.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Are we not playing a geopolitical game<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Please Negro.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; tell me more of the grand game that's afoot<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lol it begins with you going "all in".</blockquote>Earlier, Abaddon had made a bunch of poker references. They never went anywhere, and Abaddon abandoned the theme. Suddenly it reappeared.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are being played.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; played by?<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Me.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Who else<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You were caught on the flop being encouraged in the turn and crucified on the river and you have no idea. Lol.</blockquote>Apparently Abaddon thought the whole card shark (or card sharp) thing made him look cool. Sadly, it did not.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You have my interest....thats a bad thing.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I aim to please....me.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Put is this way.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fuck with me<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I fight back.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fuck with my Chickens and they will never find your body.</blockquote>Abaddon referenced his corporation, the <b>Wayward Chickens</b>. Believe it or not, Abaddon is the CEO of a corporation with 68 members. That means more than 60 people looked at Abaddon at some point and thought, "Yeah, I'll follow this guy."<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; fight me for freedom.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; pay and follow The Code.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Anything else is bullshit an you know it.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Lick my bqalls<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fuck you and the bullshit code which is dead.</blockquote>Abaddon was yet another victim of the myth that the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance is dead. That explains why he thought the "geoploitical timimg" was perfect.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; and yet i'm still here.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are a coward from birth.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; fight a real man<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; do you want me to post this shit fir all to see....your true colours :)<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are a coward</blockquote>Then Abaddon threatened to release the logs of his conversation with Bob. He was sure that this would make Bob look bad.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; you have always been a coward.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Losing the battle<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; check local<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob talk to me.....stay with me,......clear....fuck me is "DRT"..."dead right there".<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; How about here you fucken loser Bob the Fourth</blockquote>The rebel continued to beg Bob to duel him. Bob had gone AFK, so Abaddon would need to carry the conversation on his own.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fight me<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob the Fourth warp to the sun you pussy<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fucken Coward<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; you see that its the erosion of James 315 may his cock forever be limp just like yours Bob<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Fight me you lame cock motherfucker.</blockquote>Abaddon's desperate words in local chat echoed through the system.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Be a man.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob the Fourth Yoy are a fucken coward and everyone knows it bitch.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob you are losing the "PR"fight heavens to mergertudre .<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You have no way to deal with the Chickens who all up in your grill scared like the little fuck you are.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob you have already lost :)<br /><b>Ynohtna Sirrap Leusten</b> &gt; chill duder its a game</blockquote>In the end, Abaddon failed in his mission. To his great shame, he was unable to stop Bob from enforcing the Code in the Solitude region. For all his words, Abaddon couldn't talk his way into a victory. For victory belongs to the Code--always!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/E_j6a_-mI6U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com18http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-54881201154493020982017-08-11T17:21:00.000+00:002017-08-11T17:21:17.761+00:00Orca Enforcement Made EasyAgent <b>Alt 00</b> was on patrol when she noticed an Orca hanging out in a nearby ice anomaly. She suddenly got a bad feeling about that Orca.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xk7gBBGCeQ8/WY3m6ZFuWlI/AAAAAAAAvMA/d3LYxSDcincW49s6Y6IGW4Ekhbggls9LQCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="464" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xk7gBBGCeQ8/WY3m6ZFuWlI/AAAAAAAAvMA/d3LYxSDcincW49s6Y6IGW4Ekhbggls9LQCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br /><b>ToxicBurn</b> struck our Agent as a potentially toxic miner. Not because of his name, but because his bio was entirely lacking in any show of support for the Code. The dude didn't even own a permit!<br /><br />What to do? Alt 00 didn't have the firepower to gank the Orca, and she didn't feel like bumping it. That's when it dawned on her...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2f-cewVxBwU/WY3m8X-A7eI/AAAAAAAAvME/fClZfdSqcoslA9uPg4DQdrzuJKtFxU7iwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="443" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2f-cewVxBwU/WY3m8X-A7eI/AAAAAAAAvME/fClZfdSqcoslA9uPg4DQdrzuJKtFxU7iwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />As an Agent of the New Order and a member of the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance, Alt 00 had authority over all the miners of highsec. So she simply commanded the Orca to leave.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WnP5WMfPocY/WY3m-XlKpkI/AAAAAAAAvMI/GAzQq7Q9aE4Q4Iez89IskeHFfJtuM1dZACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="443" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WnP5WMfPocY/WY3m-XlKpkI/AAAAAAAAvMI/GAzQq7Q9aE4Q4Iez89IskeHFfJtuM1dZACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br />ToxicBurn was incredulous. Who was this "Alt 00" person to tell him what to do? On the other hand, the locals started offering him words of caution. They'd seen the power of the Code on display too many times to doubt it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YSidO_YbAnM/WY3nAau2grI/AAAAAAAAvMM/5eK6ihkcxgIliIeMQ-JYEL1fCFq4ILO7wCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="443" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YSidO_YbAnM/WY3nAau2grI/AAAAAAAAvMM/5eK6ihkcxgIliIeMQ-JYEL1fCFq4ILO7wCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />The Orca pilot put on a brave face. Maybe that would be enough to dissuade our Agent from attacking him.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGptlWBTq-I/WY3nCtq04HI/AAAAAAAAvMQ/OIanQUJjDuY6dhuraxOd9o_GLQUVsamlgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="443" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGptlWBTq-I/WY3nCtq04HI/AAAAAAAAvMQ/OIanQUJjDuY6dhuraxOd9o_GLQUVsamlgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />At the last moment, ToxicBurn lost his nerve and docked up. Miners, never play a game of chicken with our Agents. They always win--always.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z_qrevfKAeo/WY3nExTxVZI/AAAAAAAAvMU/c7Xrsk0rrxETkd5GOu10kVgbVonvlXs4wCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="406" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z_qrevfKAeo/WY3nExTxVZI/AAAAAAAAvMU/c7Xrsk0rrxETkd5GOu10kVgbVonvlXs4wCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />Upon docking, ToxicBurn arranged to buy a mining permit from Alt 00. There was no sense in taking any unnecessary risks. Not in New Order territory.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KRYDc78S8vQ/WY3nGtGZ33I/AAAAAAAAvMY/lbqBIXaBErIpTGSZPbM3sXUosTTzV2rtwCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KRYDc78S8vQ/WY3nGtGZ33I/AAAAAAAAvMY/lbqBIXaBErIpTGSZPbM3sXUosTTzV2rtwCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />'Twas another glorious, bloodless victory for the New Order. When reason and common sense prevail, miners don't need to lose their ships.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/55RBJg9c1Go" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com13http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/orca-enforcement-made-easy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-34744740155807984042017-08-11T17:17:00.000+00:002017-08-11T17:17:10.034+00:00Over One Trillion Two Hundred Twenty Billion in Shares SoldBuying. Enforcing. Saving.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-igAaxicBpNA/WY3mcRxbg9I/AAAAAAAAvL8/Fc6gyHnaovs4hiLHbKiz2hSLBgPI-B1ewCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="542" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-igAaxicBpNA/WY3mcRxbg9I/AAAAAAAAvL8/Fc6gyHnaovs4hiLHbKiz2hSLBgPI-B1ewCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Chuck-yan%20wong" target="_blank"><b>Chuck-yan wong</b></a> did his part for highsec this week by opening a New Order shareholder account and buying 537 shares. This earned Chuck-yan a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ for sending us past the 1,219 billion isk mark.<br /><br />Another new shareholder vaulted us to the next milestone this week: <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/FromDuskTill" target="_blank"><b>FromDuskTill</b></a>'s name is added to the august ranks of New Order shareholders. FromDuskTill's purchase of 1,000 shares sent us past the 1,220 billion isk mark and won her a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.<br /><br />Who's next?<br /><br />Will it be you?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/f0ouTaOex5I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com1http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/over-one-trillion-two-hundred-twenty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-48805783011612428632017-08-10T19:05:00.000+00:002017-08-10T19:05:46.213+00:00The Solitude Investigation, Part 3<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Bob the Fourth</b> blessed the Solitude region with his presence and his blasters. As the Code-violating <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-2.html" target="_blank">carebears crumbled</a>, an anti-Code resistance developed. Then it, too, crumbled.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Svh8FeFIIYA/WYytbk4oaBI/AAAAAAAAvLA/8DmaQiOquZcVFZFWODeQaVt2q9dMtSHYgCLcBGAs/s1600/B01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Svh8FeFIIYA/WYytbk4oaBI/AAAAAAAAvLA/8DmaQiOquZcVFZFWODeQaVt2q9dMtSHYgCLcBGAs/s1600/B01.png" /></a></div><br />Agent Bob roamed the region, killing bot-aspirants at will. He thought little of <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62570102/" target="_blank">destroying an unlicensed Prospect</a>, but the Prospect pilot's alliance didn't forget it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TI_U0VWu22M/WYyteY5zt8I/AAAAAAAAvLE/LYpNBC13TOIFNnkrVRGbOsc0m0YfuOleACLcBGAs/s1600/B02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="554" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TI_U0VWu22M/WYyteY5zt8I/AAAAAAAAvLE/LYpNBC13TOIFNnkrVRGbOsc0m0YfuOleACLcBGAs/s1600/B02.png" /></a></div><br /><b>The SlayCore Partnership</b> alliance was out for blood. How powerful was this new enemy of the Code?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x24sn_9Gun4/WYytg-CbycI/AAAAAAAAvLI/dowQIezYuEoKc9BFJUmC1GqvxTSmEzflQCLcBGAs/s1600/B03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="554" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x24sn_9Gun4/WYytg-CbycI/AAAAAAAAvLI/dowQIezYuEoKc9BFJUmC1GqvxTSmEzflQCLcBGAs/s1600/B03.png" /></a></div><br />To prove her PvP credentials, the rebel brandished a set of CONCORD killmails featuring the Galaxy farm.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvlpjrqdPL8/WYytjgLA2II/AAAAAAAAvLM/hGNvEPm3FS0rWS-e-FQQcOU9cwggRHT4gCLcBGAs/s1600/B04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="391" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvlpjrqdPL8/WYytjgLA2II/AAAAAAAAvLM/hGNvEPm3FS0rWS-e-FQQcOU9cwggRHT4gCLcBGAs/s1600/B04.png" /></a></div><br />Bob didn't like being threatened. He resolved to pay special attention to any vessels he spotted that belonged to The SlayCore Partnership.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HCThOb2I1sU/WYytmPny8rI/AAAAAAAAvLQ/5F_SISO9sMwVTnByuXg_bE0Dmwkm8RIMgCLcBGAs/s1600/B05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HCThOb2I1sU/WYytmPny8rI/AAAAAAAAvLQ/5F_SISO9sMwVTnByuXg_bE0Dmwkm8RIMgCLcBGAs/s1600/B05.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Coyote Ford</b> was the next to die. His <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63012374/" target="_blank">Tristan-class frigate</a> was no match for Bob's throwaway gank ship.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Spff2H6q404/WYyto_SQ0pI/AAAAAAAAvLU/C6BA2tkr2_sg8OYN17l1AEyf2oaJKicCgCLcBGAs/s1600/B06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="82" data-original-width="479" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Spff2H6q404/WYyto_SQ0pI/AAAAAAAAvLU/C6BA2tkr2_sg8OYN17l1AEyf2oaJKicCgCLcBGAs/s1600/B06.png" /></a></div><br />After Coyote Ford was vanquished, he urged his fellow alliance members to seek revenge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVnVZ2Qmqvc/WYytrAd3yKI/AAAAAAAAvLY/9_gRVRJdf7ELy9Hrw4MxaRaoGE_QtL0OwCLcBGAs/s1600/B07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVnVZ2Qmqvc/WYytrAd3yKI/AAAAAAAAvLY/9_gRVRJdf7ELy9Hrw4MxaRaoGE_QtL0OwCLcBGAs/s1600/B07.png" /></a></div><br />...But The SlayCore Partnership's pilots were only qualified <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63049762/" target="_blank">to get dunked</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChyqnWLu5zA/WYytuH8dpmI/AAAAAAAAvLc/M0pGbVJwupI6HzBjz3w6BJWiMU6emFH7QCLcBGAs/s1600/B08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChyqnWLu5zA/WYytuH8dpmI/AAAAAAAAvLc/M0pGbVJwupI6HzBjz3w6BJWiMU6emFH7QCLcBGAs/s1600/B08.png" /></a></div><br />Defeating so many enemies made Bob feel confident in his abilities and his Code. He had no idea that his most dangerous opponent had yet to reveal himself.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; well hello there<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I like you enough to kill you nothing personal<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; wouldn't have it any other way.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; you must have a few kill rights available by now<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I like you I trully do but this is business<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Do you play poker?</blockquote>Then Bob encountered <b>Abaddon Remillard</b>. Unlike the rest of the carebears, Abaddon was interested in combat--and had every intention of handing our hero his first defeat.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Bob talk to me<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; poker, no. never been that interested in gambling<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; How old are you?<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; old enough to know better<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Spoke like atrue gambler</blockquote>Every good villain needs a gimmick. Apparently, poker was Abaddon's gimmick.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; do you want to drag this out<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; "slow play"it.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; drag what out? I like it here<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; you have to go<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; simple as that</blockquote>Unfortunately, the whole poker theme didn't really fit with anything. After one final attempt to shoehorn in a poker reference, Abaddon moved on to bigger and better things.<br /><blockquote><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; ok, I assume you have heard of The Code.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I will kill you repetely until you leave<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; Buy an alliance wide mining permit and follow The Code and I'll leave you alone<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; So are we going to drah this out or what?.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Suck my balls<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Code is dead and you know it.</blockquote>Abaddon belonged to the "Code is dead" school. He'd probably read something on Reddit about a heist or relevance or whatever.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Please Nigger.<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; well, that's one opinion. the correct one however is that it's very much alive and well.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; One opinion its every one's opinion.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; You are like the Japenese fighter that belirves the Japenese empire has won,</blockquote>The rebel urged Bob to give up the Code and embrace bot-aspirancy.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; I've beeen killing those arseholes for years now<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Really dude stop<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Give up<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; The Emporah has fallen<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; James 315 what a wank.</blockquote>Protip: Agents of the New Order never give up. They're winners, not quitters.<br /><blockquote><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; He is and always was a purse puppy.<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; To thw Mittani<br /><b>Bob the Fourth</b> &gt; please miner, calm down and think about what you are saying<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; please nigger I stopped mining 2 yrs a go<br /><b>Abaddon Remillard</b> &gt; Now I'm your worst nightmare</blockquote>Until now, no one had been able to challenge Bob in combat. Abaddon was a different story. He claimed to have the power to destroy the New Order and its Code once and for all. Time for an epic showdown.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/wiVi1LfpkvU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com31http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-85717836714247117872017-08-09T18:20:00.000+00:002017-08-09T18:20:56.074+00:00The Solitude Investigation, Part 2<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Bob the Fourth</b> uncovered compelling evidence of bot-aspirancy in the Solitude region. Bob launched a thorough investigation and came to the conclusion that the miners were indeed <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-1.html" target="_blank">guilty</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b5JH0R4d9bs/WYtRdKdC--I/AAAAAAAAvJs/YIb10cx69LsR3VtN5R7nFGezL7g7myMYgCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b5JH0R4d9bs/WYtRdKdC--I/AAAAAAAAvJs/YIb10cx69LsR3VtN5R7nFGezL7g7myMYgCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" /></a></div><br />Bob had no intention of allowing the Code violators to carry on unpunished. Though acting alone, Bob had the power to extract justice from the Goofuses.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E2Tud7cVTz8/WYtRf2FaYJI/AAAAAAAAvJw/6zq9FnD6uzII4nAK3hOP4rONnbjNt2g7ACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E2Tud7cVTz8/WYtRf2FaYJI/AAAAAAAAvJw/6zq9FnD6uzII4nAK3hOP4rONnbjNt2g7ACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" /></a></div><br />First on his list was <b>Annabell Xadi</b>, an Orca pilot who bragged about going AFK to mine. Using a special tactic he'd mastered over the years, Bob began stealing Annabell's decadent ice-mining drones while she was AFK.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CYuAU4db3Sg/WYtRioaIarI/AAAAAAAAvJ0/TxqX7430GPICgJGQlTdhACGtwr32joW5gCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="450" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CYuAU4db3Sg/WYtRioaIarI/AAAAAAAAvJ0/TxqX7430GPICgJGQlTdhACGtwr32joW5gCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" /></a></div><br />As time went on, Bob expanded the scope of his operation and collected additional drones. Not a bad way to make a quick buck.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GgaRgsiQ7Fc/WYtRlXLxeKI/AAAAAAAAvJ4/wWp9KAC_chwsekAcBVjHzX24EwBN4-pBQCLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GgaRgsiQ7Fc/WYtRlXLxeKI/AAAAAAAAvJ4/wWp9KAC_chwsekAcBVjHzX24EwBN4-pBQCLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" /></a></div><br />But Bob was only getting started. He unleashed a campaign of destruction against the bot-aspirants of Solitude.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chsWcIYwI-k/WYtRnzBW_tI/AAAAAAAAvJ8/NBMdqxuqNXMHScROMUUso5vvIpXlnUodQCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chsWcIYwI-k/WYtRnzBW_tI/AAAAAAAAvJ8/NBMdqxuqNXMHScROMUUso5vvIpXlnUodQCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" /></a></div><br />Though he mostly relied on suicide ganks, Bob also occasionally made use of the wardec feature--as he did during his <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62462590/" target="_blank">exciting conflict</a> with <b>Slo-Mo Mining</b> corporation.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FO5QIki7kEQ/WYtRqQF6_8I/AAAAAAAAvKA/jTdUZpl3z2INgNdWAfzjtqRMjD_pJyBfwCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="489" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FO5QIki7kEQ/WYtRqQF6_8I/AAAAAAAAvKA/jTdUZpl3z2INgNdWAfzjtqRMjD_pJyBfwCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" /></a></div><br />One thing every aspiring Agent of the New Order should know: If you enforce the Code, it won't be long until you're famous. Agent Bob's activities made him a rock star in the Solitude region.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0OshDZYx2fo/WYtRsgXiydI/AAAAAAAAvKE/w9dlQCfztpsB6BNec9QZ-TXaJ9WcE90qgCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="539" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0OshDZYx2fo/WYtRsgXiydI/AAAAAAAAvKE/w9dlQCfztpsB6BNec9QZ-TXaJ9WcE90qgCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" /></a></div><br />A miner named <b>John Chapperd</b> privately contacted Bob. He wanted to make use of Bob's special talents.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yzlaf1ZLKpA/WYtRvGnWcYI/AAAAAAAAvKI/lpwOOmJqxmESTFb741vUoOBDuw2yOrpTgCLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="541" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yzlaf1ZLKpA/WYtRvGnWcYI/AAAAAAAAvKI/lpwOOmJqxmESTFb741vUoOBDuw2yOrpTgCLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" /></a></div><br />Bob advised the miner to be the change that he wished to see in the world, but John seemed reluctant to act.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bfL9JhtHAxU/WYtRyKLwJcI/AAAAAAAAvKM/RPyatIgq1u0Rc_8SWeQ0YjjU5v7zzkyngCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="541" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bfL9JhtHAxU/WYtRyKLwJcI/AAAAAAAAvKM/RPyatIgq1u0Rc_8SWeQ0YjjU5v7zzkyngCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" /></a></div><br />It was another case of highsec miners needing no help from our Agents to expose their true, ugly colors. They're terrible to one another. Though Bob sympathized with John's situation, there was something else to consider: Was John himself a bot-aspirant Code violator?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HhLBv2zKJBM/WYtR0fRvOHI/AAAAAAAAvKQ/23ZepWpgVI49S7os6lBunqRQLjAkB98fACLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HhLBv2zKJBM/WYtR0fRvOHI/AAAAAAAAvKQ/23ZepWpgVI49S7os6lBunqRQLjAkB98fACLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" /></a></div><br />Bob took a look around the system and noticed several members of John's corporation engaged in unlicensed mining operations and other forms of bot-aspirancy. Bob took the opportunity to <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62886017/" target="_blank">target</a> John's corpmates (possibly his alts) and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63012790/" target="_blank">destroy</a> them <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62889458/" target="_blank">one</a> after the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62872599/" target="_blank">other</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7SOPuC0xoc/WYtR2ps1zPI/AAAAAAAAvKU/Orjz9_urr7gNsg4wlUYzf8knIUoHevSEwCLcBGAs/s1600/A11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="566" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7SOPuC0xoc/WYtR2ps1zPI/AAAAAAAAvKU/Orjz9_urr7gNsg4wlUYzf8knIUoHevSEwCLcBGAs/s1600/A11.png" /></a></div><br />John's corporation evacuated from Solitude, prompting Bob to send John a friendly EVEmail.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivltt3JCI0g/WYtR5CrQLHI/AAAAAAAAvKY/X-0V9rwkGDY_DbvGq3iO60D9moOTlk83QCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="345" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivltt3JCI0g/WYtR5CrQLHI/AAAAAAAAvKY/X-0V9rwkGDY_DbvGq3iO60D9moOTlk83QCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" /></a></div><br />John announced that he'd given up his former life of highsec carebearism and relocated to nullsec, where he could engage in more appropriate activities. Bob was pleased to hear it. However...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TipafVPht5o/WYtR7hH8fCI/AAAAAAAAvKc/3fVldNPcf3YJvSQ-b9vY5IIkDL9CO5zSACLcBGAs/s1600/A13a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TipafVPht5o/WYtR7hH8fCI/AAAAAAAAvKc/3fVldNPcf3YJvSQ-b9vY5IIkDL9CO5zSACLcBGAs/s1600/A13a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-et-VCQPyjms/WYtR-AxFDxI/AAAAAAAAvKg/529TP57uqYUsAA0bwyt77oBUKTUKGPUogCLcBGAs/s1600/A13b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="420" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-et-VCQPyjms/WYtR-AxFDxI/AAAAAAAAvKg/529TP57uqYUsAA0bwyt77oBUKTUKGPUogCLcBGAs/s1600/A13b.png" /></a></div><br />A few weeks later, John suffered a relapse and returned to Solitude. Bizarrely, John managed to get his unfit Procurer <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63604440/" target="_blank">CONCORDed</a>. He then went back to nullsec, where he belonged.<br /><br />Bob had done great things in Solitude. As a result, he made many enemies. And the most fearsome enemy of all was about to make itself known.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/_dvY-IcQlxQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com18http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-38813722512386033982017-08-08T18:28:00.000+00:002017-08-08T18:28:00.969+00:00The Solitude Investigation, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8a7xYvo1woY/WYoBiFjuahI/AAAAAAAAvIw/675vCcYTaGETJTmpNNfUvNaJd8N-50AVgCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="459" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8a7xYvo1woY/WYoBiFjuahI/AAAAAAAAvIw/675vCcYTaGETJTmpNNfUvNaJd8N-50AVgCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />Meet <b>Bob the Fourth</b>--one of countless Agents a carebear can't detect simply by setting the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance to negative standings.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwiMRbxLhHQ/WYoBkbZ-sII/AAAAAAAAvI0/_rEozL-WhtE4HJ3amEaHK-pkCfLnCVoRQCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="567" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwiMRbxLhHQ/WYoBkbZ-sII/AAAAAAAAvI0/_rEozL-WhtE4HJ3amEaHK-pkCfLnCVoRQCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />Bob recently received an invitation to patrol the Solitude region. Immediately upon entering the region, Bob spotted a miner using Harvester Mining Drones. Seized by a righteous fury for the Code, Bob smartbombed the decadent drones, inflicting a loss of 2 billion isk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoN-IFjiSAU/WYoBmpSKsMI/AAAAAAAAvI4/xIG9oEjEMCgRqa2axQHd2MRAv4erPDDyACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="542" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoN-IFjiSAU/WYoBmpSKsMI/AAAAAAAAvI4/xIG9oEjEMCgRqa2axQHd2MRAv4erPDDyACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br />Later, Bob decided to investigate Solitude to see if there was as much criminal activity as he'd been led to believe. Most systems were quiet, but whenever the miners chattered in local, Bob stuck around to log the chat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pK8LsvLnZZE/WYoBol0biwI/AAAAAAAAvI8/zv9aqKach_ckjhd-lEdyc5XHRh-kP8d6gCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="507" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pK8LsvLnZZE/WYoBol0biwI/AAAAAAAAvI8/zv9aqKach_ckjhd-lEdyc5XHRh-kP8d6gCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />In nearly every situation, the conversations in local turned to a discussion of the New Order. We supply EVE with its content, after all.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BZFZpagyDWI/WYoBrXBDwlI/AAAAAAAAvJA/yyN649DLznU8FFQcz5nWL4T_HFhb7ZDQgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="542" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BZFZpagyDWI/WYoBrXBDwlI/AAAAAAAAvJA/yyN649DLznU8FFQcz5nWL4T_HFhb7ZDQgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />Satisfied that the situation was in hand, Bob moved on to the next system on his checklist.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FOfxiXyTmzE/WYoBtWha5mI/AAAAAAAAvJE/WTnWmIYFl4oGPoG22a1S02NR1OGa7jeNQCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="517" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FOfxiXyTmzE/WYoBtWha5mI/AAAAAAAAvJE/WTnWmIYFl4oGPoG22a1S02NR1OGa7jeNQCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />Rebels and skeptics claim that the New Order exists simply to provoke nice, mild-mannered folk into acting like raging lunatics. "You're here to grief and bully and harvest tears," they say. This myth has been debunked on many levels. One reason it's false: Miners don't need anyone else to make them behave badly.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A3zZmbzuDpI/WYoBvo7utsI/AAAAAAAAvJI/hufo6zFCpUobLUW6Y-XGkCC8RnmlTMcZACLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="415" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A3zZmbzuDpI/WYoBvo7utsI/AAAAAAAAvJI/hufo6zFCpUobLUW6Y-XGkCC8RnmlTMcZACLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />Italian miner <b>Liborio Putin</b> asked for an Orca boost from some random miners in the system. When he received a decidedly hostile reaction, he began using Google translate to try to find out what he'd done wrong.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sWH0uqiFIIo/WYoBxmqftQI/AAAAAAAAvJM/qbgW1bhnw8ExZ3xVdYm-y2zeEHd97qTGQCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="489" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sWH0uqiFIIo/WYoBxmqftQI/AAAAAAAAvJM/qbgW1bhnw8ExZ3xVdYm-y2zeEHd97qTGQCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" /></a></div><br />In fact, highsec miners tend to be incredibly rude to one another--much more discourteous than any Agent of the New Order. If the Code never came to highsec, they'd still be shedding tears. (Amusing sidelight: Liborio's translator spitting out its own version of the "mining is relaxing" Miner Bingo square.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BxWCyDlRATg/WYoBz1CGcPI/AAAAAAAAvJQ/SnP9yDe90vgUxn6vYvZqIU8mCiP6_8QCQCLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="103" data-original-width="540" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BxWCyDlRATg/WYoBz1CGcPI/AAAAAAAAvJQ/SnP9yDe90vgUxn6vYvZqIU8mCiP6_8QCQCLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" /></a></div><br />Observing the spectacle from a distance, Agent Bob carefully noted the miners' misbehavior in his log. Solitude was indeed filled with troublemakers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GDHpn826bMM/WYoB1hbiIjI/AAAAAAAAvJU/KCqeIePuk6Al5wOOIYp5Tm0ydiAlLOCogCLcBGAs/s1600/10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="103" data-original-width="446" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GDHpn826bMM/WYoB1hbiIjI/AAAAAAAAvJU/KCqeIePuk6Al5wOOIYp5Tm0ydiAlLOCogCLcBGAs/s1600/10.png" /></a></div><br />Bob had gathered quite a bit of intel. There was one more system to visit, though.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WuIqNQoQi7w/WYoB31bCxeI/AAAAAAAAvJY/gQx_9bEiRsoHJT3RUSIzAO590cluvfjmACLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="493" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WuIqNQoQi7w/WYoB31bCxeI/AAAAAAAAvJY/gQx_9bEiRsoHJT3RUSIzAO590cluvfjmACLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" /></a></div><br />Our hero found another pair of talking miners. Even before checking for permits, he strongly suspected these miners of violating the Code. He was curious to see if he could get them to implicate themselves.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0QbxnKrFaVE/WYoB6G_RowI/AAAAAAAAvJc/68ca6UxVQJgPzs9j0cvq7FbOaZhRjQc3gCLcBGAs/s1600/12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="552" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0QbxnKrFaVE/WYoB6G_RowI/AAAAAAAAvJc/68ca6UxVQJgPzs9j0cvq7FbOaZhRjQc3gCLcBGAs/s1600/12.png" /></a></div><br />Guilty, guilty, guilty. Just as he thought. Now it was time to act.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/Dw8Ll9H5Glg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com19http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/the-solitude-investigation-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-66308654922594769422017-08-07T15:36:00.000+00:002017-08-07T15:36:10.285+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 9<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> An epic struggle for the soul of the Gelhan system: On the side of truth, justice, etc. was Agent <b>Kalorned</b>. Opposing him, the massive <b>Mission Ready Mining</b> corp and its 2,400+ members. MRM's mercs washed their hands of the situation when Kalorned's corp rebooted to dissolve their wardec. But MRM's <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-8.html" target="_blank">own wardec</a> against Kalorned's gank alt corp was imminent.<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Some of them are genuinely afraid of you.<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; They shouldn't be, if they took some time to understand certain mechanics<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; It always falls back to the leadership though<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Corp leadership failures cause the new players to be scared<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; What I'm getting at is your corp is bad and you should feel bad</blockquote>The lieutenant in charge of MRM's Gelhan forces was <b>Lilliana Tanaka</b>. She engaged in a debate with Kalorned in advance of the wardec. The debate went about as you'd expect.<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; You bump miners... and mince words. It's cute. Don't get me wrong. But don't overplay your hand.<br /><b>Captain BrewSir</b> &gt; Kalorned since you'r big on educate, why do you gank alphas with ventures?<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Captain BrewSir to educate them</blockquote>By this point, Kalorned's earlier lessons about -10 security status alts and wardec mechanics was beginning to sink in. The miners of MRM no longer had confidence that the wardec would turn the tide in their favor.<br /><blockquote><b>Captain BrewSir</b> &gt; Kalorned i can fly skiff, alphas can fly only ventures, it's not education.<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Captain BrewSir it is education - they are learning not to fly ventures<br /><b>Captain BrewSir</b> &gt; Kalorned nope, it's just douchebagery<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; If they can't take away these very basic lessions they shouldn't be playing the game<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; That's for you to decide?<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Yes</blockquote>Since they were unable to defeat our Agent in combat or by using EVE game mechanics, the only remaining option was to talk Kalorned out of enforcing the Code.<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; So you're saying, Kalorned gets to pick who can and can't play EvE Online...<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; The choice is ultimately up to them<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; They can learn from their misfourtoune and continue playing<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Uh huh<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Otherwise they're going to have a bad time and probably quit</blockquote>The miners had convinced themselves that Kalorned was the bad guy. As time went on, though, the evidence continued to accumulate--in the other direction.<br /><blockquote><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; so you will just drop corp over and over/<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Yes of course<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; that thing against ccp regulations?<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; It's fine, don't worry about it friend<br /><b>Captain BrewSir</b> &gt; Menomine Hekki so is multibox software, but pssst<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; huh ill have to ask ccp about this</blockquote>Nevertheless, MRM carebears still couldn't understand why our Agent was able to prevail while so heavily outnumbered. He must be cheating.<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Eh, I don't care if CCP nails you or not.<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; But if you really cared about these miners you've harassed<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; your boys will let them have a few good fights.<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Show them that pvp can be fun, and they don't need to hide on the indy side<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; I will duel anyone anytime anywhere in any ship, they simply must prove their honor</blockquote>Our Agent was unshakable. He stood by the principles that have so radically transformed highsec for the better these past five years.<br /><blockquote><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; They need to make PVP fun for themselves IMO<br /><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; Kalorned is providing an opportunity for them to do that, IMO he should be thanked for that<br /><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; It's content creation at the end of the day<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Eh, it's whatever. I don't buy your bullshit<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; You don't give a shit about anyone but your bros, and anything but your content.</blockquote>A secret Code supporter, <b>Georgia B Dixie</b>, rejoined the Gelhan conversation. When she made her point of view known, she was greeted with suspicion.<br /><blockquote><b>Lord Al'Akir</b> &gt; yeah thats a long time to be a tool<br /><b>Lord Al'Akir</b> &gt; i mean the guy is a tool runs around hi sec picking weak targets and gets his kicks pissing people off<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; It's almost as if you haven't paid attention to any of the discussion up to this point<br /><b>Lord Al'Akir</b> &gt; people gank because they want to ruin someone elses day</blockquote>Just when it seemed that the miners of MRM were about to give up on the Gelhan system entirely, something unexpected occurred: Kalorned vanished. Georgia had good reason to believe that Kalorned had gone out of town and was taking a vacation from EVE; MRM carebears hoped that their petitions had finally been answered. Regardless, Gelhan went quiet, and MRM slowly crept out of their dens to resume mining.<br /><br />Had Mission Ready Mining won after all?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxxERwsuoXQ/WYiHxiF5uUI/AAAAAAAAvH8/53YU09-fq6IauryonWKlxIPlM1S10BfCgCLcBGAs/s1600/H01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="494" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxxERwsuoXQ/WYiHxiF5uUI/AAAAAAAAvH8/53YU09-fq6IauryonWKlxIPlM1S10BfCgCLcBGAs/s1600/H01.jpg" /></a></div><br />Out of nowhere, a Machariel appeared and started bumping miners out of the ice anomaly.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B-69D5ZNCns/WYiH0oaDkyI/AAAAAAAAvIA/pmTshJsmYCwvo5xiGpNVTsFFFFg6LMLuACLcBGAs/s1600/H02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B-69D5ZNCns/WYiH0oaDkyI/AAAAAAAAvIA/pmTshJsmYCwvo5xiGpNVTsFFFFg6LMLuACLcBGAs/s1600/H02.png" /></a></div><br />It was Georgia B Dixie! In Kalorned's absence, the bumper decided to take up the mantle of New Order Agent and enforce the Code.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdkQwxhLbjM/WYiH3OhVixI/AAAAAAAAvIE/ozj_xHnAoS8zmsCzspgXrJd2K7t3VhIWQCLcBGAs/s1600/H03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdkQwxhLbjM/WYiH3OhVixI/AAAAAAAAvIE/ozj_xHnAoS8zmsCzspgXrJd2K7t3VhIWQCLcBGAs/s1600/H03.png" /></a></div><br />MRM miner <b>Baiba Salaspils</b> was taken aback. It was like that Kalorned nightmare all over again!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N5mkT7W2m38/WYiH5SrQULI/AAAAAAAAvII/YGxICtmcvt82GqxxoMH63ZnAboaK7sGYgCLcBGAs/s1600/H04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N5mkT7W2m38/WYiH5SrQULI/AAAAAAAAvII/YGxICtmcvt82GqxxoMH63ZnAboaK7sGYgCLcBGAs/s1600/H04.png" /></a></div><br />At first, the miners were in denial. Surely the bumper would go away if asked nicely. Surely this wouldn't be another long, drawn-out campaign. But Baiba's private convo with Georgia went nowhere.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0rkWAmMQ5T8/WYiH7w1jyaI/AAAAAAAAvIM/DlA2SLimvegYuLiMBMbaecXdconcqESAgCLcBGAs/s1600/H05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0rkWAmMQ5T8/WYiH7w1jyaI/AAAAAAAAvIM/DlA2SLimvegYuLiMBMbaecXdconcqESAgCLcBGAs/s1600/H05.png" /></a></div><br />The Code enforcement persisted. It seemed the rebellious miners of the Gelhan system were in for a bumpy ride.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/7Jqud208nI8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com35http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-9.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-79845532068362297222017-08-06T19:23:00.000+00:002017-08-06T19:23:30.844+00:00Kills of the WeekWe all have a good laugh at those who display foolishness in assembling their ships: Blingy fits, bizarre fits, empty fits, anti-tank fits. But carebear, did you know that if you fail to obey the Code in full, you're just as foolish as anyone highlighted on a Kills of the Week post? And your fate will be the same--losing your ship. Keep that in mind as you review these kills from the week of July 30th @ 00:00 EVEtime through August 5th @ 23:59 EVEtime.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63843504/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q0IDtds-yzI/WYdrMcwqcKI/AAAAAAAAvG4/XrfnXiJDyNAru-gVTBYPUoU7VUsezR36wCLcBGAs/s1600/hulk.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63843504/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />The blingy Hulk has been making a comeback. This time, there were no ORE Strip Miners in evidence. Instead, <b>Heywood Jahblowmee</b> equipped a rack of 'Carpo' Mining Laser Upgrades. Agent <b>Spine Ripper</b> paid him a visit with a Vexor and freed up Heywood's schedule.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63820877/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9-NN8DbEksQ/WYdrOzdJsEI/AAAAAAAAvG8/0Fh067C0RoMX250wO8F2KP6zgNkjrPb_ACLcBGAs/s1600/ishtar.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63820877/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Disgusting. <b>DJON AIZBERG</b> opted to use a "special" mining ship, cruelly abusing an Ishtar hull in the process. Agents <b>Dr Petrosilius Zwackelmann</b> and <b>Piz Caldera</b> weren't fooled or intimidated; our Agents are always delighted to shoot ships that can shoot back. DJON's ship simply died, though.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63806603/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFFY9GZpPq8/WYdrRHM8xdI/AAAAAAAAvHA/gnsG6PIWhuMoqsk487mUpHSkLrqofuXRgCLcBGAs/s1600/orca.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63806603/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Kirchovf Austrene</b> was terribly afraid of his Orca being suicide ganked--to the point of paranoia, even. He tanked up the Orca and stuck to 0.9 security system asteroid belts. Eventually, he probably felt like he was safe. Then came Agent <b>The BigLabowski</b>. Yes, ol' Kirchovf was done in by a single Agent...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kA-suCudsFI/WYdrTYrmGwI/AAAAAAAAvHE/dR_7zyYwTwEkVxUSygPTlzeHhdYScJbxACLcBGAs/s1600/awox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="424" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kA-suCudsFI/WYdrTYrmGwI/AAAAAAAAvHE/dR_7zyYwTwEkVxUSygPTlzeHhdYScJbxACLcBGAs/s1600/awox.png" /></a></div><br />The lost art of the awox!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63881142/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3gOJ25RU3fQ/WYdrVopCICI/AAAAAAAAvHI/zBEUJoEZts01vo1VTWiL2UxYcmbjiPpyQCLcBGAs/s1600/ark.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63881142/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Falco Jumper</b> didn't live up to his name. Despite having the ability to use his jump drive to beat a hasty retreat from Uedama, Falco stayed put--thoroughly AFK--while his 8.4 billion isk jump freighter was torn to pieces by Agents <b>Pod Destroyer Molly, Tax Collector HongMei, Tax Collector Richard, Tax Collector Aruka, Australian Excellence, Tax Collector Max, unknown boat, Tax Collector Hill, Tax Collector KarlMarx, Tax Collector Kittens, Tax Collector BokChoy, Tax Collector Stroheim, Sherri Rozei, Trump The King, Taxman Daniel, Christine Rozei, unknown observer, Giselle Rozei, Ruby Rozei, Shanade Rozei, Lagatha Rozei, Tawny Rozei</b>, and <b>Harletta Quinn</b>. A fine fleet and a fine kill in the Uedama tradition.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63815449/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J3bTGetcvRU/WYdrX4XZh0I/AAAAAAAAvHM/zeorIB2xmNMUYUf3Y3rHfbpLlImjIb2KACLcBGAs/s1600/golem.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63815449/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>Koperneg</b> must have been pained by the loss of his 9 billion isk Golem. That's right, 9 billion. Though the ship had some bling, it's the three cargo expanders that tell the story here. We'll see what was in that cargohold in a moment. But first, let's take a moment to appreciate Agents <b>Tax Collector Richard, Tax Collector KarlMarx, Tax Collector Aruka, Australian Excellence, Tax Collector BokChoy, Tax Collector HongMeiM</b>, and <b>Tax Collector Kittens</b> for elite PvP'ing the heck out of that Golem.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jMKx9ezJjbw/WYdracA3rnI/AAAAAAAAvHQ/qJXFG7F8SxI2nJVhcZEn1FjztT21lpD3wCLcBGAs/s1600/golem%2Bcargo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="51" data-original-width="534" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jMKx9ezJjbw/WYdracA3rnI/AAAAAAAAvHQ/qJXFG7F8SxI2nJVhcZEn1FjztT21lpD3wCLcBGAs/s1600/golem%2Bcargo.png" /></a></div><br />If killboards could measure irony, this one would be right up there.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63845503/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IUM--uROuo4/WYdrciW1-1I/AAAAAAAAvHU/oLqP17UXX10HOReEz0eRkTj75ZVFO8osACLcBGAs/s1600/tfi.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63845503/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Monsters are real, and they die in Uedama all the time. <b>privana soul Jackson</b>'s Tempest Fleet Issue was a living horror. Look at it, if you can. Agents <b>unknown boat, Tawny Rozei, Christine Rozei, Ruby Rozei, Trump The King, Sherri Rozei, Giselle Rozei</b>, and <b>Shanade Rozei</b> belong to the New Order. We're the ones who protect highsec from monsters.<br /><br />Oh, and if you think that fit looks bad at first glance...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fBhO31dY-U/WYdrfJIdPqI/AAAAAAAAvHY/UMk2vwaVsGA1QXLl-PGKt67wp-R6lp9qACLcBGAs/s1600/tempest%2Bmids.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="330" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fBhO31dY-U/WYdrfJIdPqI/AAAAAAAAvHY/UMk2vwaVsGA1QXLl-PGKt67wp-R6lp9qACLcBGAs/s1600/tempest%2Bmids.png" /></a></div><br />It only gets worse when you examine the fittings more closely. Foul carebear, begone!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/LJSbmJVI1nM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com13http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/kills-of-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-54911505004227755012017-08-05T18:23:00.000+00:002017-08-05T18:23:56.865+00:00Highsec Miner Grab Bag #137<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCa79s2r4Vk/WYYMCBLhEaI/AAAAAAAAvFk/uovPCtmjCNc46gSY3gFYDoPcY1_WGWRzwCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="568" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCa79s2r4Vk/WYYMCBLhEaI/AAAAAAAAvFk/uovPCtmjCNc46gSY3gFYDoPcY1_WGWRzwCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />There's a big problem with the classic miner cliché, "You're not following your own CODE!" Namely, these miners wouldn't understand the Code if it came right up to them and bumped them in the face. Which it often does.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ClNK6eZ1hi4/WYYMEXRfkmI/AAAAAAAAvFo/Ma43KDZJhkkeaoF74Tqab1Tluk8-cMR5gCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="564" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ClNK6eZ1hi4/WYYMEXRfkmI/AAAAAAAAvFo/Ma43KDZJhkkeaoF74Tqab1Tluk8-cMR5gCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPUdtdFKmCw/WYYMGetlZNI/AAAAAAAAvFs/h59PxLcDetIlK7J-t5PcFnApWfRXPlNZgCLcBGAs/s1600/02b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="564" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPUdtdFKmCw/WYYMGetlZNI/AAAAAAAAvFs/h59PxLcDetIlK7J-t5PcFnApWfRXPlNZgCLcBGAs/s1600/02b.png" /></a></div><br />Apparently <b>baron muller</b> thinks that I'm going to be very upset with the Agent who ganked him. However, even hearing things solely from baron's perspective, it's obvious that baron was in the wrong and the gank was wholly justified.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o9EXnIHJnhw/WYYMI7cM25I/AAAAAAAAvFw/D7MAFcCAYywewgL0_RNLqwCjiSN87h50ACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="564" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o9EXnIHJnhw/WYYMI7cM25I/AAAAAAAAvFw/D7MAFcCAYywewgL0_RNLqwCjiSN87h50ACLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br />And with that, I welcome one and all to the 137th edition of the Highsec Miner Grab Bag!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiWhX4c-4nw/WYYMLCnhu6I/AAAAAAAAvF0/fpkWP5xNN8ge8sMG41MUnSR9szEbygooACLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="334" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiWhX4c-4nw/WYYMLCnhu6I/AAAAAAAAvF0/fpkWP5xNN8ge8sMG41MUnSR9szEbygooACLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br /><b>sniperboy</b> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63884505/" target="_blank">lost a freighter</a>, then lost his mind. I'm happy to see an unlicensed freighter explode, but a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Miners, keep the Code and keep your mind.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJx7etp5wjA/WYYMNXwRfpI/AAAAAAAAvF4/lieO4fmOgIY87S3XNSXlqihWKuNcIITzACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="564" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJx7etp5wjA/WYYMNXwRfpI/AAAAAAAAvF4/lieO4fmOgIY87S3XNSXlqihWKuNcIITzACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />kk, I'll send you 43 isk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dvdyv0lwysY/WYYMPM_jcYI/AAAAAAAAvF8/OF2sLl-zE_UY95HZ_967Ir0t8gMSUMR5gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="568" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dvdyv0lwysY/WYYMPM_jcYI/AAAAAAAAvF8/OF2sLl-zE_UY95HZ_967Ir0t8gMSUMR5gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />I'm always answering EVE players' questions about the game, so here we go:<br /><br />1. The mining permit primarily functions as a filter. Ten million per year is nothing, but 99% of miners who act in bad faith won't pay it. A similar filtering purpose is achieved via the fact that it takes a teeny tiny little bit of effort to understand that the mining permit covers more activities than just mining.<br /><br />2. There are some things you didn't cover in that list (e.g., no bot-aspirancy), so make sure to read the Code and all the MinerBumping posts.<br /><br />3. Yes, docking up to go AFK is permitted unless you break some other rule in the process.<br /><br />4. In fact, sometimes our Agents do link the "Golden Rules of EVE". But linking the Code is usually enough to get a miner started on the right path.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qkWtN5Ib51c/WYYMSAbButI/AAAAAAAAvGA/Lqi12IDFfFMui35mJTQ_VP2YBoFTNi2AgCLcBGAs/s1600/07a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="565" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qkWtN5Ib51c/WYYMSAbButI/AAAAAAAAvGA/Lqi12IDFfFMui35mJTQ_VP2YBoFTNi2AgCLcBGAs/s1600/07a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7jUt0NXyNOk/WYYMUBWmo9I/AAAAAAAAvGE/vVO6obEwB_sPyCfb0WqpRLooOMS0NYl_ACLcBGAs/s1600/07b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="565" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7jUt0NXyNOk/WYYMUBWmo9I/AAAAAAAAvGE/vVO6obEwB_sPyCfb0WqpRLooOMS0NYl_ACLcBGAs/s1600/07b.png" /></a></div><br />I guess I'd better not open that GIF, then.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xfRzI_la4kg/WYYMWQM1GdI/AAAAAAAAvGI/iquWSwuS8HMnwUa6N4fKyZ7qlwhjRnx3wCLcBGAs/s1600/08a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="571" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xfRzI_la4kg/WYYMWQM1GdI/AAAAAAAAvGI/iquWSwuS8HMnwUa6N4fKyZ7qlwhjRnx3wCLcBGAs/s1600/08a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rRfjASFLeDY/WYYMYO_OP3I/AAAAAAAAvGM/hYa7VURtApESCsmp7iLMgB-FP5DpeO4pwCLcBGAs/s1600/08b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rRfjASFLeDY/WYYMYO_OP3I/AAAAAAAAvGM/hYa7VURtApESCsmp7iLMgB-FP5DpeO4pwCLcBGAs/s1600/08b.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Scrappy Koko</b> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63796341/" target="_blank">lost a Tengu</a> after he fell asleep at his keyboard. Obey the Code, sleep in a bed--it's better for you.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mw07nmlyito/WYYManJTWNI/AAAAAAAAvGQ/R5e9GSYnbAI9uYHh-Mg4CU72T_c8_LDMACLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="567" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mw07nmlyito/WYYManJTWNI/AAAAAAAAvGQ/R5e9GSYnbAI9uYHh-Mg4CU72T_c8_LDMACLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" /></a></div><br />Did you own a mining permit at the time?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2s7gRsaFSQU/WYYMdH4YRQI/AAAAAAAAvGU/9rh9DAqdYacC5DUqGmD77jajeuCDqeJYgCLcBGAs/s1600/10a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="378" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2s7gRsaFSQU/WYYMdH4YRQI/AAAAAAAAvGU/9rh9DAqdYacC5DUqGmD77jajeuCDqeJYgCLcBGAs/s1600/10a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K_YD5tQspdM/WYYMfY2XbwI/AAAAAAAAvGY/aHzOFN30q_IsIH6PtH7vSpIU3ZpExPG2wCLcBGAs/s1600/10b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="378" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K_YD5tQspdM/WYYMfY2XbwI/AAAAAAAAvGY/aHzOFN30q_IsIH6PtH7vSpIU3ZpExPG2wCLcBGAs/s1600/10b.png" /></a></div><br />Watch out for people with anti-Code attitudes. Once those kinds of dangerous opinions get a foothold, they tend to grow into broader hatreds. It's not uncommon for a rebel miner who rants about the Code to suddenly insult an entire country, for example.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmCmUm4BJMk/WYYMhxWmIWI/AAAAAAAAvGc/oqkcIYxVcP0xJEbuMQtNQ8LA2_zLDIGiQCLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="565" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmCmUm4BJMk/WYYMhxWmIWI/AAAAAAAAvGc/oqkcIYxVcP0xJEbuMQtNQ8LA2_zLDIGiQCLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" /></a></div><br /><b>The Person That Could Have Made You A LOT of ISK</b> thinks that our Agents are motivated entirely by greed and materialism. They're not, though--which is why bribery is incredibly ineffective.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emR1dUy3ETE/WYYMkCqBVrI/AAAAAAAAvGg/U6TO2cZOiH8ZKU28PVXyeEL1fjAgVDQbgCLcBGAs/s1600/12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="568" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emR1dUy3ETE/WYYMkCqBVrI/AAAAAAAAvGg/U6TO2cZOiH8ZKU28PVXyeEL1fjAgVDQbgCLcBGAs/s1600/12.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Simone62</b> requested a wardec from the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance. And carebears say that wardecs need to be nerfed out of the game!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IE2wR13HLbI/WYYMmv4njDI/AAAAAAAAvGk/PbVBPzNlea0dWp73HOmE0NO5zly5Oo6jACLcBGAs/s1600/13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="568" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IE2wR13HLbI/WYYMmv4njDI/AAAAAAAAvGk/PbVBPzNlea0dWp73HOmE0NO5zly5Oo6jACLcBGAs/s1600/13.png" /></a></div><br />Carebears, take note: If you want to learn how to get better at the game, start by learning how to apologize. It's a skill every highsec miner needs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/FzEN5jATiyE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com10http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/highsec-miner-grab-bag-137.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-67001735643765518282017-08-04T16:10:00.000+00:002017-08-04T16:10:31.307+00:00Over One Trillion Two Hundred Eighteen Billion in Shares SoldThe only thing more generous than buying a bunch of New Order shares...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-osLHCcABla0/WYSbtkKw0tI/AAAAAAAAvE0/8eJUPt5BDSE6kRgpY6uS8F8mf06DrVgIwCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="569" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-osLHCcABla0/WYSbtkKw0tI/AAAAAAAAvE0/8eJUPt5BDSE6kRgpY6uS8F8mf06DrVgIwCLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />Buying a bunch of New Order shares <i>for a friend</i>. Buying shares will help you in life, trust me. But if you refuse to take my word for it, read on:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKIuTbpSgzY/WYSbv6nwJeI/AAAAAAAAvE4/-Z0SzB637UksSIGl8KyoA_ZFDjvuB2rhACLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="570" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKIuTbpSgzY/WYSbv6nwJeI/AAAAAAAAvE4/-Z0SzB637UksSIGl8KyoA_ZFDjvuB2rhACLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />Last week, there was indeed quite a controversy surrounding a freighter pilot who tried to use a last-minute share purchase to escape punishment. Having reconsidered his actions, <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/zyk0" target="_blank"><b>zyk0</b></a> purchased 2,000 additional shares. This time he did it right. Having purchased shares for the right reasons, zyk0 receives a Double Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ for sending us past the 1,207 and 1,208 billion isk marks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ujhtyaOt1CQ/WYSbyD7Z0XI/AAAAAAAAvE8/BuGPFD2bd-cOtLfe09_mxa1YeyJT4XCUwCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="430" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ujhtyaOt1CQ/WYSbyD7Z0XI/AAAAAAAAvE8/BuGPFD2bd-cOtLfe09_mxa1YeyJT4XCUwCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br />Where CCP fails, the New Order succeeds. We keep EVE worth playing. Someone's gotta carry that torch--even if its flame is kept lit with the burning hulks of non-compliant Hulks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z1Rb7HoutEA/WYSbzzm0-9I/AAAAAAAAvFA/nv4hVCTdasAJBep_gQ8VddfinxSwfyXpgCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="569" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z1Rb7HoutEA/WYSbzzm0-9I/AAAAAAAAvFA/nv4hVCTdasAJBep_gQ8VddfinxSwfyXpgCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />The inimitable <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Bing%20Bangboom" target="_blank"><b>Bing Bangboom</b></a> finally made his big move this week, vaulting into the Top 5 all-time shareholders with his purchase of 4,000 additional shares. By taking us past the 1,209, 1,210, 1,211, and 1,212 billion isk marks, Bing added to his collection of Supreme Protector's Tips of the Hat™ with a Quadruple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.<br /><br />It has been quite some time since the last shareholder vote. When will the next one take place, and will former EVE players come out of the darkness to cast their votes? Stay tuned.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gfFpTSwBrls/WYSb1ytRgII/AAAAAAAAvFE/Ggjr_Eht1H4OTeWfLQIVQUX_BVNFryy-ACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="567" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gfFpTSwBrls/WYSb1ytRgII/AAAAAAAAvFE/Ggjr_Eht1H4OTeWfLQIVQUX_BVNFryy-ACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Corporation/The%20Lawton%20School%20for%20Pubbies%20Who%20Can't%20Mine%20Good" target="_blank"><b>The Lawton School for Pubbies Who Can't Mine Good</b></a> is on the rise. A classic sign of a rising power: One-upping more established powers. The School purchased 5,000 additional shares, earning the top spot for the month (so far) and taking us beyond the 1,213, 1,214, 1,215, 1,216, and 1,217 billion isk marks. Another accolade for this fine educational establishment: A Quintuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lW0q60pZlB8/WYSb4iLtYOI/AAAAAAAAvFI/4nRlrp3VPtwQshTZqx9MBMhMTQdhxpq4gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="376" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lW0q60pZlB8/WYSb4iLtYOI/AAAAAAAAvFI/4nRlrp3VPtwQshTZqx9MBMhMTQdhxpq4gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />Unlike the rebellious Anti-Gankers, who are motivated by hate, greed, envy, and a number of other nasty little emotions, the New Order is fueled by love. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Nisanthro" target="_blank"><b>Nisanthro</b></a> said so himself. He purchased 1,000 additional shares and sent us past the 1,218 billion isk mark, earning a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ in the process. Solid work.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CvHFKBu18G4/WYSb6g_gElI/AAAAAAAAvFM/SgAx84OuTNQolIQwdCNlv564dGpkDfZugCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="571" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CvHFKBu18G4/WYSb6g_gElI/AAAAAAAAvFM/SgAx84OuTNQolIQwdCNlv564dGpkDfZugCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />I'm always telling people about the benefits of New Order shares. "What are the expected returns, how often are dividends paid?" people ask. Friend, your <i>entire EVE account</i> could depend on whether you've purchased New Order shares. How's that for dividends?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/z07uRoDBl-I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com4http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/over-one-trillion-two-hundred-eighteen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-3516629639854856042017-08-03T17:01:00.000+00:002017-08-03T17:01:30.714+00:00Fury Management, Part 2<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Lewak</b> encountered the truth of the age-old saying that "no good deed goes unpunished" when he popped <b>Erikoff Beldrulf</b>'s unlicensed Venture and was treated to a <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/fury-management-part-1.html" target="_blank">torrent of abuse in local chat</a>. Agent <b>Alt 00</b> stopped by the Hek system and was appalled by Erikoff's real-life threats and racist language.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xK-NwFu7sK4/WYNVem8YbBI/AAAAAAAAvDY/JqgONIg-IHg4ESfmPlt6Ucbb4IOFWm0MwCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="447" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xK-NwFu7sK4/WYNVem8YbBI/AAAAAAAAvDY/JqgONIg-IHg4ESfmPlt6Ucbb4IOFWm0MwCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" /></a></div><br />Though Alt 00 wasn't the one who ganked Erikoff's Venture, her membership in the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance made her guilty by association--despite Lewak not being in CODE. himself.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UgCOY1vGtF8/WYNVhCOv5RI/AAAAAAAAvDc/sD4NBQoLdrYwwCtzLiNjzVQPBbSi5nsiACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="447" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UgCOY1vGtF8/WYNVhCOv5RI/AAAAAAAAvDc/sD4NBQoLdrYwwCtzLiNjzVQPBbSi5nsiACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" /></a></div><br />Erikoff needed a permit pretty badly. It was obvious that whatever his plan for EVE was, it wasn't working.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZLmWV4m_Dw/WYNVjngLj1I/AAAAAAAAvDg/XWVThFPAj8o6RxDcs9_5AIkw4VCer-z1wCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="447" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZLmWV4m_Dw/WYNVjngLj1I/AAAAAAAAvDg/XWVThFPAj8o6RxDcs9_5AIkw4VCer-z1wCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" /></a></div><br />Our Agents offered to help the miner join the New Order family. He chose to pledge allegiance to a different organization instead.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g35B9Of0s3k/WYNVmNlaTzI/AAAAAAAAvDk/TXbAlv1aK1UBeWWcJgPZh4nnAaR_sAkzQCLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g35B9Of0s3k/WYNVmNlaTzI/AAAAAAAAvDk/TXbAlv1aK1UBeWWcJgPZh4nnAaR_sAkzQCLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" /></a></div><br />Though miners often accuse our Agents of being like Hitler, the reality is that the New Order is the greatest opponent of Nazism in EVE. By contrast, the Anti-Gankers would embrace the Devil himself if he lost a mining barge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ncs1os8zbJ0/WYNVoRVzodI/AAAAAAAAvDo/8yC9z1Mk5d4tPBNWUAUp_rMzeLls_chCwCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="448" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ncs1os8zbJ0/WYNVoRVzodI/AAAAAAAAvDo/8yC9z1Mk5d4tPBNWUAUp_rMzeLls_chCwCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" /></a></div><br />The carebears' sympathy for Nazism and other forms of extremism makes sense: Their view of the world is upside down.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGmryWCaMDk/WYNVq899R4I/AAAAAAAAvDs/_GG9b7_1vEsSVwXgnehzW5Wm2CuOYaKowCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="448" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGmryWCaMDk/WYNVq899R4I/AAAAAAAAvDs/_GG9b7_1vEsSVwXgnehzW5Wm2CuOYaKowCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" /></a></div><br />Erikoff blocked our Agents, made a few new enemies, and blocked some more people. The poor fellow was descending a downward spiral. Luckily, Agent Alt 00 had an alt who wasn't yet blocked. She quickly penned an EVEmail to the miner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zhxRfyTj4I/WYNVtPy4NkI/AAAAAAAAvDw/UjWd56RCL6U0gb4IVwXkhu1yOYglYzvzQCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="568" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zhxRfyTj4I/WYNVtPy4NkI/AAAAAAAAvDw/UjWd56RCL6U0gb4IVwXkhu1yOYglYzvzQCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" /></a></div><br />Our Agent made no secret of her disapproval of Erikoff's conduct. But there was a way out:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhjO8Ni2PXs/WYNVvT5VeUI/AAAAAAAAvD0/BdAMnm0CMF87r1qS02wjIxkKwEN_N7OpACLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="568" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhjO8Ni2PXs/WYNVvT5VeUI/AAAAAAAAvD0/BdAMnm0CMF87r1qS02wjIxkKwEN_N7OpACLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" /></a></div><br />Having witnessed everything that Erikoff had said and done--starting with his unlicensed mining and ending with his impromptu one-man Nazi rally in Hek--one could be forgiven for thinking Erikoff was a hopeless case. But that's not the way our Agents operate. The New Order is absolutely committed to 100% Code-compliance in highsec. No miner left behind.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DYM3cPVxWE/WYNVyMn__mI/AAAAAAAAvD4/OKSIOYXQYvUG3sXAuoDk7GMn7t8rNkF-gCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="498" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DYM3cPVxWE/WYNVyMn__mI/AAAAAAAAvD4/OKSIOYXQYvUG3sXAuoDk7GMn7t8rNkF-gCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" /></a></div><br />Shortly after receiving Alt 00's message, Erikoff unblocked our Agents and invited Lewak to a private convo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SVpyllyQMcs/WYNV0YVrhQI/AAAAAAAAvD8/73rVRFsOV2ov-4OTptxTYKkQ_DCp6KyjgCLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="498" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SVpyllyQMcs/WYNV0YVrhQI/AAAAAAAAvD8/73rVRFsOV2ov-4OTptxTYKkQ_DCp6KyjgCLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" /></a></div><br />Erikoff's attitude underwent a startling transformation. The proof: An extra 10 million isk in Lewak's wallet.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tEUFY8WxHrs/WYNV2vA-Z8I/AAAAAAAAvEA/hAPtP9iHzy8jsh7cJvoX5dsuEQNjVWk9QCLcBGAs/s1600/A11a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="570" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tEUFY8WxHrs/WYNV2vA-Z8I/AAAAAAAAvEA/hAPtP9iHzy8jsh7cJvoX5dsuEQNjVWk9QCLcBGAs/s1600/A11a.png" /></a></div><br />Erikoff took Alt 00's advice about writing an apology EVEmail to everyone. The miner no longer displayed any desire to rape or murder his fellow EVE players. Erikoff's opinions on the Code were also much improved. What a victory for the New Order and its Code!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KMdOx5u6G3Q/WYNV5J2BScI/AAAAAAAAvEE/KkLUmf7U6FUv2a4mGa4rE7g4Q0iQCc16QCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="429" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KMdOx5u6G3Q/WYNV5J2BScI/AAAAAAAAvEE/KkLUmf7U6FUv2a4mGa4rE7g4Q0iQCc16QCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" /></a></div><br />Down with the Swastika, up with the mining permit. As always, the Code made highsec--and the world--a better place.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/15AuJaec3xQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com20http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/fury-management-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-80720792663067332802017-08-02T18:29:00.000+00:002017-08-02T18:29:47.765+00:00Fury Management, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLerAV8Zhl4/WYIZQBp9-OI/AAAAAAAAvCc/qtyfivy9nNA_hoEg2jIx3T8Pq9BWGAMbACLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="87" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLerAV8Zhl4/WYIZQBp9-OI/AAAAAAAAvCc/qtyfivy9nNA_hoEg2jIx3T8Pq9BWGAMbACLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />No pain, no gain: The quality of Hek local chat suffered, but the system's asteroid belts were better by one illegal miner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uRSciJMNXy0/WYIZSMlgRjI/AAAAAAAAvCg/o1dpfeapDhACpHBypchj6rRf_1Cm4MCJwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="538" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uRSciJMNXy0/WYIZSMlgRjI/AAAAAAAAvCg/o1dpfeapDhACpHBypchj6rRf_1Cm4MCJwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />The hero on duty was <b>Lewak</b>, one of countless independent Agents of the New Order. Some rebel carebears set the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance red, but how can they avoid justice when all of highsec rises up against them?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9YQ0_yd7mk/WYIZUfMKM0I/AAAAAAAAvCk/UUtrfWHRwmgbCKzaOvr4MSEGgIkSMV5jwCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="387" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9YQ0_yd7mk/WYIZUfMKM0I/AAAAAAAAvCk/UUtrfWHRwmgbCKzaOvr4MSEGgIkSMV5jwCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Erikoff Beldrulf</b> was absolutely enraged when he lost his ship. Even the sight of the Code URL was enough to set him off. Obviously this miner had suffered a painful loss.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K2asM8kYVj8/WYIZWgp6zQI/AAAAAAAAvCo/zNHBQhPqL5YLrza8A0JeCYU7bZ4lpdJmACLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K2asM8kYVj8/WYIZWgp6zQI/AAAAAAAAvCo/zNHBQhPqL5YLrza8A0JeCYU7bZ4lpdJmACLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />The loss in question was a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63388072/" target="_blank">Venture</a> worth a little less than 2 million isk. The mining frigate was tanked, but somehow our Agent's firepower was able to overcome it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oLDwFPmixbo/WYIZYhKYLwI/AAAAAAAAvCs/SqGnUEnlBrQ7566sLNU_R7920P4Nd6yaACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="526" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oLDwFPmixbo/WYIZYhKYLwI/AAAAAAAAvCs/SqGnUEnlBrQ7566sLNU_R7920P4Nd6yaACLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />Lewak spoke the truth: Obeying the Code is the only thing that can offer a miner any real protection. Screaming in local--even if one is echoed by fellow screamers-- just isn't gonna cut it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzlNsXUWqpc/WYIZaqU3CdI/AAAAAAAAvCw/QdyzqI14wEcSaGsArioM5aAQRqog0MNywCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="402" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzlNsXUWqpc/WYIZaqU3CdI/AAAAAAAAvCw/QdyzqI14wEcSaGsArioM5aAQRqog0MNywCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />Erikoff didn't ask, "Where was Anti-Ganking? Why didn't they save me?" But for some reason the miner felt it would be helpful to alert the Anti-Ganking channel about the incident.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUKSPx1FUz4/WYIZcm3EO5I/AAAAAAAAvC0/BCs6RCARgnUPJSQQlgqVrU8VMLhtDJoIQCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="402" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUKSPx1FUz4/WYIZcm3EO5I/AAAAAAAAvC0/BCs6RCARgnUPJSQQlgqVrU8VMLhtDJoIQCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />Perhaps Erikoff hoped to rally an army of rebels to take down the New Order. Or maybe he was simply trying to let off some steam. Either way, he failed his objective: No one came to his defense, and he wasn't getting any less angry.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V4i5M70aCSo/WYIZesxj5nI/AAAAAAAAvC4/vjMzK_2-5mgLuqnGwPqn956I0x8ww4qywCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V4i5M70aCSo/WYIZesxj5nI/AAAAAAAAvC4/vjMzK_2-5mgLuqnGwPqn956I0x8ww4qywCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" /></a></div><br />As a Code enforcer, Lewak had seen plenty of miners whine in local after being terminated. Still, he could sense that something was wrong with this guy. Our Agent decided to ask <b>Alt 00</b> to drop by so he could get a second opinion.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxQ257McGIU/WYIZgm6duyI/AAAAAAAAvC8/z_j0JJt0CbUfCdSXZfAbC7ZhPg2HdoKRgCLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="447" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxQ257McGIU/WYIZgm6duyI/AAAAAAAAvC8/z_j0JJt0CbUfCdSXZfAbC7ZhPg2HdoKRgCLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" /></a></div><br />Alt 00's first step was to offer Erikoff some art therapy:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YNw9yUH6fE8/WYIZipXSWPI/AAAAAAAAvDA/AlhjGzQsdnM4McRuKVkEq5hCjZjGB5PQgCLcBGAs/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YNw9yUH6fE8/WYIZipXSWPI/AAAAAAAAvDA/AlhjGzQsdnM4McRuKVkEq5hCjZjGB5PQgCLcBGAs/s1600/10.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/WpYNDYX.jpg" target="_blank">The Statue of 315</a> is a famous piece of New Order artwork painted by Alt 00 herself. Viewing the painting has a soothing effect on most people. Would it help Erikoff calm down, or would its beauty only enrage the miner further?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6FpvmGdLh2U/WYIZkky5bEI/AAAAAAAAvDE/iLco-5tffcYlxVoh4L5UxP0JbNuGPvOlACLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="447" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6FpvmGdLh2U/WYIZkky5bEI/AAAAAAAAvDE/iLco-5tffcYlxVoh4L5UxP0JbNuGPvOlACLcBGAs/s1600/11.png" /></a></div><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/cLHKxrLT7As" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com20http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/fury-management-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-84873555641976550272017-08-01T18:49:00.000+00:002017-08-01T18:49:08.636+00:00Top Supporters for July 2017Each month, MinerBumping immortalizes its top isk contributors in a hall of fame post. The "Month's Top Supporters" sidebar will begin showing the current month's supporters in a few days. You can view the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/08/top-supporters-for-august-2012.html" target="_blank">August 2012</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/10/top-supporters-for-september-2012.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/11/top-supporters-for-october-2012.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/12/top-supporters-for-november-2012.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/01/top-supporters-for-december-2012.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/02/top-supporters-for-january-2013.html" target="_blank">January 2013</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/03/top-supporters-for-february-2013.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/04/top-supporters-for-march-2013.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a 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target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/05/top-supporters-for-april-2016.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/06/top-supporters-for-may-2016.html" target="_blank">May</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/07/top-supporters-for-june-2016.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/08/top-supporters-for-july-2016.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/09/top-supporters-for-august-2016.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/10/top-supporters-for-september-2016.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/11/top-supporters-for-october-2016.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/12/top-supporters-for-november-2016.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/01/top-supporters-for-december-2016.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/02/top-supporters-for-january-2017.html" target="_blank">January 2017</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/03/top-supporters-for-february-2017.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/04/top-supporters-for-march-2017.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/05/top-supporters-for-april-2017.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/06/top-supporters-for-may-2017.html" target="_blank">May</a>, and <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/top-supporters-for-june-2017.html" target="_blank">June</a> top 10 lists at the appropriate links.<br /><br />Here are our top isk contributors for July 2017:<br /><br /><center><b>TOP SUPPORTERS<br />July 2017</b><br /><br /><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kFvM742xWn8/WXtvYLNfVJI/AAAAAAAAu-Q/r3ECmqXoW8U1mZs5aSy0eUFBLQLn9SbQgCLcBGAs/s1600/zyk0.png" /><br /><b>#1. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/zyk0" target="_blank">zyk0</a>*<br />3,440,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Btiteqrs1zs/WWfF86buhFI/AAAAAAAAuvs/WYPLYvSQiwQn92cuOr4J7qEVGsWxau0tACLcBGAs/s1600/Zoe%2BWorclaw.png" /><br /><b>#2. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Zoe%20Worclaw" target="_blank">Zoe Worclaw</a><br />3,110,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lcPVjAnr2Z4/U9Pz8B9VU8I/AAAAAAAAako/KJKyGVcJJN8/s1600/Black+Pedro.png" /><br /><b>#3. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Black%20Pedro" target="_blank">Black Pedro</a><br />1,000,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqUtxt83xgA/WTGfSam_agI/AAAAAAAAuIc/ePx9jM_j0vEHvgkkI88Wla_J3c7yIpuggCLcB/s1600/The%2BLawton%2BSchool%2Bfor%2BPubbies%2BWho%2BCan%2527t%2BMine%2BGood.png" /><br /><b>#3. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Corporation/The%20Lawton%20School%20for%20Pubbies%20Who%20Can't%20Mine%20Good" target="_blank">The Lawton School for Pubbies Who Can't Mine Good</a><br />1,000,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iw_1iePmWSo/WVpXQZgY3OI/AAAAAAAAukE/zHrqPdUBCkkvruEf3Us_EmkEKvVAu4oNACLcBGAs/s1600/Talia%2BOberyn.png" /><br /><b>#5. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Talia%20Oberyn" target="_blank">Talia Oberyn</a><br />500,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uAwDjDBZntQ/V1SlBT1PRxI/AAAAAAAAohs/nXIj2ELSjd40lG5OTX4blyU1Ac6z88jNACLcB/s1600/Alt%2B00.png" /><br /><b>#6. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Alt%2000" target="_blank">Alt 00</a><br />315,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-daV8ciVRtfg/WWOOVrTfxzI/AAAAAAAAuro/kpZupYeKMqs0vn54KDgPzLM4wGTiiJTJACLcBGAs/s1600/QuickSwipe%2BCollier.png" /><br /><b>#7. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/QuickSwipe%20Collier" target="_blank">QuickSwipe Collier</a><br />100,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Mm-O78MRgo/WXZFSk8_AcI/AAAAAAAAu6w/2MSTvGS3YwU_3jHsvQv13SSE8Jpw1uBXwCLcBGAs/s1600/Aeonaa%2BKalfren.png" /><br /><b>#8. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Aeonaa%20Kalfren" target="_blank">Aeonaa Kalfren</a><br />50,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0_HHxYEbKYE/WVvLV1yjQwI/AAAAAAAAulc/0I7Vv-oI19ItWlHBjdmHXraiYWsEPPdeQCLcBGAs/s1600/Average%2B4chanUser.png" /><br /><b>#9. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Average%204chanUser" target="_blank">Average 4chanUser</a><br />28,000,000 isk</b><br /><br /><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8iTXf3ebaU/WW5Ywyk3FTI/AAAAAAAAu0M/-ezOVKy2OW0frShG6nXN92bnJ1LMx6xMwCLcBGAs/s1600/Angel%2BEyes%2BSentenza.png" /><br /><b>#10. <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Angel%20Eyes%20Sentenza" target="_blank">Angel Eyes Sentenza</a><br />15,000,000 isk</b></center><br />EVE has a wonderful history, and the most amazing part of it is the New Order's rise and perpetual triumph. Take a look at the portraits of those who give money to the New Order each month and you'll see the people who will go down in history as EVE's heroes. Well done.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/XT4XVpyspHs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com12http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/top-supporters-for-july-2017.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-1008634240060413382017-08-01T18:00:00.001+00:002017-08-01T18:00:35.341+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 8<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Kalorned</b> was locked in an epic struggle with <b>Mission Ready Mining</b>, a corp with thousands of members. Thus far, Kalorned was destroying MRM's miners in the Gelhan system unopposed. MRM's attempt to hire highsec mercenaries failed spectacularly when the mercs simply declared their contract fulfilled and went home. Now <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/code-ready-gelhan-part-7.html" target="_blank">MRM itself prepared to go to war</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onTcKkmpQKc/WYDAEYXw6qI/AAAAAAAAvCA/XEhxF18fq8gdBr1eurNJ-1wBOYu4yuJxwCLcBGAs/s1600/F10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onTcKkmpQKc/WYDAEYXw6qI/AAAAAAAAvCA/XEhxF18fq8gdBr1eurNJ-1wBOYu4yuJxwCLcBGAs/s1600/F10.png" /></a></div><br />Mission Ready Mining corp's alliance, <b>Fly Fearless</b>, had declared war against Kalorned's gank alt corp. In just a few short hours, the wardec would go live, and MRM would show what they were made of.<br /><blockquote><b>Kibbera</b> &gt; <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/61896581/" target="_blank">Kill: Alec Arareb (Retriever)</a> Mining without a Mining Permit is not permitted<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; nice bump<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; dude piss off<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You need a mining permit<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; no im good<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; lots of bog roll here<br /><b>Krominal</b> &gt; <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/61898586/" target="_blank">Kill: Mizuken Kaguison (Venture)</a> nice venture m8</blockquote>As the hours ticked by, Kalorned continued bumping and ganking miners without any opposition. If MRM had a war plan, they weren't showing any of their cards just yet.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-oo7JWMS-E/WYDAMH5W5vI/AAAAAAAAvCE/kM_wEKchpKMvSZ6CPdR139Y5UN-UwJzIQCLcBGAs/s1600/G01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-oo7JWMS-E/WYDAMH5W5vI/AAAAAAAAvCE/kM_wEKchpKMvSZ6CPdR139Y5UN-UwJzIQCLcBGAs/s1600/G01.png" /></a></div><br />With the wardec just minutes away, Kalorned's gankers ran out of MRM miners to kill, so they destroyed <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/61898996/" target="_blank">an unaffiliated Mackinaw</a> instead.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OxdgWbDH05s/WYDAPcukj_I/AAAAAAAAvCI/-13dppO5JA0JMal_EuAzzMgKT5vGVEJzgCLcBGAs/s1600/G02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OxdgWbDH05s/WYDAPcukj_I/AAAAAAAAvCI/-13dppO5JA0JMal_EuAzzMgKT5vGVEJzgCLcBGAs/s1600/G02.png" /></a></div><br />So far, business as usual in Gelhan.<br /><blockquote><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; What is going on here?<br /><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; Why is there an Orthurus with a small gaggle of ducklings following it in this belt<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Georgia B Dixie just my fan club, pay no mind<br /><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; None of my business, just found the sight curious</blockquote>A passerby wandered into Gelhan and began asking questions. <b>Georgia B Dixie</b> was amazed to see a small group of failed counter-bumpers and counter-gankers following Kalorned's bumping ship.<br /><blockquote><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; Is this some sort of armed conflict over rights to this belt?<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; lol no <br /><b>Liallian Skir</b> &gt; Kalorned is a ganker, he will kill you just for bing in a mining ship....<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; they like killing miners<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Liallian Skir Unless you have a permit, that is</blockquote>In fact, Georgia was secretly a New Order spy. Her questions were aimed at getting intel from the MRM forces.<br /><blockquote><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; Kalorned is a mining bumper for code<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; so they can gank the mining ships<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; Kalorned just ganks high sec because he doesnt know what pvp is<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; code ganking miners, we fighting back</blockquote>The docked-up MRM miners spoke freely with the stranger. <b>Menomine Hekki</b> claimed that they intended to fight back against our Agent, but there was no evidence of it.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; I find it funny you war decced a corp full of gankers<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You know you can shoot them anytime regardless, right?<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Only once they're criminal, yeah?<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; No, before then<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; literally, anytime<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Are their security status really that low?</blockquote>Kalorned finally broke the news: MRM's wardec was pointless, because the targeted corporation only contained characters with -10 security status.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You never bothered to look?<br /><b>baks exwower</b> &gt; they would still get a kill right <br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; See, I can teach you so much more than you would otherwise learn shooting rocks<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You should be thanking me<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Sucks that your generosity is wasted on a bunch like us</blockquote>Kalorned took pity on the carebears. There was so much ignorance displayed by young and old EVE pilots in MRM. They were totally reliant on our Agent to explain EVE's game mechanics to them. Some carebears bristle at this sort of "Codesplaining", but our Agents know better than them, so they've just got to learn to deal with it--or else they won't ever learn anything.<br /><blockquote><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; see now though, with war, no kill rights<br /><b>Menomine Hekki</b> &gt; we can kill freely<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Gankers dont get kill rights silly<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You should really stop propogating misinformation<br /><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; Kalorned How much of their stuff have you killed?<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Lots lol</blockquote>One of the MRM pilots, <b>Lilliana Tanaka</b>, had several years in the game and was the <i>de facto</i> fleet commander for the Gelhan resistance. She unveiled the MRM strategy for the war:<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; we'll afk this war too<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; watch<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Oh excellent<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; That's a great way to retain new players who you seek to help<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Tell them to go AFK</blockquote>Our Agent could only shake his head in disappointment. If our enemies <i>really</i> cared about new player retention rates, <i>these</i> are the groups they'd be complaining about.<br /><blockquote><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; well they're usually afk mining for you, right?<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; So it won't be much different for them<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Just flat out suggesting they go AFK is rather odd though<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; "Come play EVE Online by not doing anything and going AFK"<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Shit yeah<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; EvE Online: The original Idle Clicker</blockquote>Lilliana frankly told Kalorned that she foresaw MRM pilots simply giving up and staying docked--though technically speaking, they were the aggressor in this war.<br /><blockquote><b>Georgia B Dixie</b> &gt; so you have new players who you are telling to stay in corp during the wardec and AFK rather than drop corp?<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Meh, I don't tell them to leave OR stay<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; I don't "Control" players<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; I just offer them content, and knowledge.</blockquote>Despite her own questionable knowledge of the game mechanics, Lilliana saw herself as a source of wisdom for all the new players under her command.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You do set the tone though<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Sure I do. I lead by example.<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; "follow me! lets stay docked!"<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; But... alas. Not everyone follows my example<br /><b>Lilliana Tanaka</b> &gt; Some of them are genuinely afraid of you.</blockquote>The 2,400-member corp was seemingly unable to cope with a single Agent of the New Order. Could they find a way to defeat the Code enforcer--or were they doomed to an extended period of misery?<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/kOJAkYgTlI4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com4http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/code-ready-gelhan-part-8.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-36021843195404405532017-07-31T18:25:00.000+00:002017-07-31T18:25:28.965+00:00Nutter RisingEvery teardrop has a story.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zO3wCWRpYkA/WX91IbJdozI/AAAAAAAAvBE/vTu3WmOTxXkjPhGu1AKtLLIVwoiBz-9MQCLcBGAs/s1600/01a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="566" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zO3wCWRpYkA/WX91IbJdozI/AAAAAAAAvBE/vTu3WmOTxXkjPhGu1AKtLLIVwoiBz-9MQCLcBGAs/s1600/01a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IJYfAfBiKvc/WX91KmBP7fI/AAAAAAAAvBI/ASz-J4oa0BU_a09OFY85Ep3r3W52m2TCgCLcBGAs/s1600/01b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="428" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IJYfAfBiKvc/WX91KmBP7fI/AAAAAAAAvBI/ASz-J4oa0BU_a09OFY85Ep3r3W52m2TCgCLcBGAs/s1600/01b.png" /></a></div><br />Highsec whiner/miner <b>Nutterbut</b> appeared on an edition of the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/highsec-miner-grab-bag-136.html" target="_blank">Highsec Miner Grab Bag</a>. He didn't tell me his story, but I could tell he'd been forced to take a bite of a Code sandwich. And that he didn't like it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXc4DrGqk3A/WX91MgVE4zI/AAAAAAAAvBM/fjZiFa4gfNkkKHXcg_F1HjFzTY2-bgFsACLcBGAs/s1600/02a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXc4DrGqk3A/WX91MgVE4zI/AAAAAAAAvBM/fjZiFa4gfNkkKHXcg_F1HjFzTY2-bgFsACLcBGAs/s1600/02a.png" /></a></div><br />Sure enough, Nutterbut had been punished for violating the Code in a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63364136/" target="_blank">fail-fit Mackinaw</a>. Despite playing EVE for the last 8 years, Nutterbut couldn't come up with a decent Mackinaw fit (if there is such a thing). Although poorly fit, the killmail screenshot doesn't explain why the Mack was worth over 700 million isk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gH4onXt_M_8/WX91OgNvpjI/AAAAAAAAvBQ/DRx4BLAzYaQ8WG8MIU9BI7mdPJqCFiAKQCLcBGAs/s1600/02b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="494" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gH4onXt_M_8/WX91OgNvpjI/AAAAAAAAvBQ/DRx4BLAzYaQ8WG8MIU9BI7mdPJqCFiAKQCLcBGAs/s1600/02b.png" /></a></div><br />Yes, that's nearly half a billion isk in strip miners--sitting in the cargo bay.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gPzEk4oI4us/WX91QpRGJWI/AAAAAAAAvBU/3VZwj7slDgYGj61QrQq_XUcifwNV9-G4QCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="399" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gPzEk4oI4us/WX91QpRGJWI/AAAAAAAAvBU/3VZwj7slDgYGj61QrQq_XUcifwNV9-G4QCLcBGAs/s1600/03.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Lingmei White</b> was one of several Agents whose patrol was responsible for handling the Nutterbut matter. After reading the Highsec Miner Grab Bag, he gave me a detailed report of the incident.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NDGEJofFA0M/WX91Smg0VrI/AAAAAAAAvBY/qoHNnDeW1Og_9DXASAqXq-ZOqWYSPyHCgCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NDGEJofFA0M/WX91Smg0VrI/AAAAAAAAvBY/qoHNnDeW1Og_9DXASAqXq-ZOqWYSPyHCgCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />Nutterbut had pretended to be ignorant of the Code in his EVEmails to me, but in fact he'd received plenty of info from Lingmei. He replied with a level of hostility typical of carebears whose AFK slumber was disturbed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NAQ_zfV8vQ/WX91U0DJ2VI/AAAAAAAAvBc/Ic6buhdDglEcOMLwKheGx5F-W_akX0ADQCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NAQ_zfV8vQ/WX91U0DJ2VI/AAAAAAAAvBc/Ic6buhdDglEcOMLwKheGx5F-W_akX0ADQCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />After Lingmei sent him more Code-related materials, Nutterbut quickly started catching up. Now he was only <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/06/yes-all-freighters-need-mining-permits.html" target="_blank">three years behind</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4i_Euq4Gko/WX91XH6zYsI/AAAAAAAAvBg/TqLvIZTZ6KI8W9e9YT7l_a7JrCLTfBn4gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="332" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4i_Euq4Gko/WX91XH6zYsI/AAAAAAAAvBg/TqLvIZTZ6KI8W9e9YT7l_a7JrCLTfBn4gCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />Even so, progress was slow. In the brief moment that Nutterbut contemplated parting with 10 million isk, he became enraged. What a greedy little miner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fKTc22Fc0rQ/WX91ZMu42wI/AAAAAAAAvBk/lwQvkN0tu6c-DwTbny0A2mSbFsO0qGgiACLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fKTc22Fc0rQ/WX91ZMu42wI/AAAAAAAAvBk/lwQvkN0tu6c-DwTbny0A2mSbFsO0qGgiACLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />Nutterbut ranted about an alleged requirement of New Order Agents to put something about the Code in their bio. The hypocrite never put a mining permit in his own bio, though. (In fact, Agent Lingmei did have a link to the Code <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/lingmei%20white" target="_blank">in his bio</a>.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_PJY-fmcy8/WX91bIRw-iI/AAAAAAAAvBo/hq0SQHytJ6A_YISkihq2PDhQzC5oSzm1gCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_PJY-fmcy8/WX91bIRw-iI/AAAAAAAAvBo/hq0SQHytJ6A_YISkihq2PDhQzC5oSzm1gCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" /></a></div><br />More than a day after being ganked, Nutterbut finally started reading the informational EVEmails that Lingmei had given him. He was outraged to discover that he'd been cited for carrying ORE Strip Miners; he couldn't see how that was a violation of the Code.<br /><br />Miners, this is another reason why you need to read MinerBumping every day--and read all the posts you've missed so far. Although there are over 2,200 published MinerBumping posts, you'd be amazed at how quickly you can read them all. Especially if you happen to work in an office.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5KCn1cdRq-o/WX91dINky_I/AAAAAAAAvBs/WxC8L8CHzCwCnplbva0Nw9ATQFYONycQACLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5KCn1cdRq-o/WX91dINky_I/AAAAAAAAvBs/WxC8L8CHzCwCnplbva0Nw9ATQFYONycQACLcBGAs/s1600/09.png" /></a></div><br />Nutterbut still hasn't purchased a mining permit. His future in EVE remains in doubt, but the victory of the Code is a certainty.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/7MRNTlxgWhI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com20http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/nutter-rising.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-10613355973494183462017-07-30T20:24:00.000+00:002017-07-30T20:24:36.336+00:00Kills of the Week"Don't pay for a mining permit," the rebels advise their fellow carebears--as if ten million isk is expensive. In fact, a New Order mining permit puts money right back into the wallet of the person who buys one. It <i>saves</i> money. How much money, you ask? Look no further than these kills from the week of July 23rd @ 00:00 EVEtime through July 29th @ 23:59 EVEtime...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63734103/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PWeHU6S1wkg/WX4_DeQwotI/AAAAAAAAvAI/ZYRa8da5lCAp9wupYhLiogp1nRWRZa--QCLcBGAs/s1600/charon.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63734103/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Yeah, no sense burying the lede here. <b>Bill Haley</b> suffered a catastrophic loss of over 62 billion isk when his anti-tanked freighter waddled into the historic Kamio system. The spirit of the Code struck him down. Agents <b>Pod Destroyer Molly, Tax Collector Aruka, Australian Excellence, Tax Collector BokChoy, Tax Collector Hill, Tax Collector KarlMarx, Tax Collector Stroheim, Tax Collector Max, Tax Collector Richard, Tax Collector Kittens, Tax Collector HongMei, Trump The King, Taxman Daniel, unknown boat, Giselle Rozei, Tawny Rozei, Sherri Rozei, Shanade Rozei, Ruby Rozei, Christine Rozei</b>, and <b>Harletta Quinn</b> proved once again the extraordinary vitality of the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63755727/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-boxYqGo3Ms8/WX4_F-kOTDI/AAAAAAAAvAM/d3ZVyhHJ50EBWC_O4jUj5aLsPXJ9yt6igCLcBGAs/s1600/shuttle.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63755727/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Several years ago, autopiloting shuttles were among the most common sights in highsec. Then highsec was graced with the light of the Code, which reduced the autopiloting shuttles to a tiny percentage of their former population. So <b>Calla Panala</b> wasn't exactly getting safety in numbers when he hauled his 20.7 billion isk cargo in a shuttle. In fact, Agent <b>Ralliana</b> found him to be a highly conspicuous target.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNRWu_E0AVY/WX4_IfH_VZI/AAAAAAAAvAQ/rHihkGwikm0RyDRt3mmOS2Zr73Of2tyUgCLcBGAs/s1600/shuttle%2Bcargo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNRWu_E0AVY/WX4_IfH_VZI/AAAAAAAAvAQ/rHihkGwikm0RyDRt3mmOS2Zr73Of2tyUgCLcBGAs/s1600/shuttle%2Bcargo.png" /></a></div><br />A library of skillbooks and 18.7 billion isk worth of skill injectors were engulfed in flames. What a Goofus.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63683464/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2yPDEDKd9W8/WX4_Kvz6_HI/AAAAAAAAvAU/aEeFcdBErXgzWUjnytcaAsak1VWq_Rh_wCLcBGAs/s1600/iteron.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63683464/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br /><b>iceberserker</b>'s Iteron Mark V was fail-fit, there's no question about that. It was also in the wrong place at the wrong time: The wrong place being highsec, the wrong time being when Agent <b>Ralliana</b> was on duty. Our heroine blapped the carebear and another 6.3 billion isk was removed from enemy hands.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fvgD2BUegLY/WX4_NMwAmpI/AAAAAAAAvAY/ZQbh7yGnMpM3xCUM-V9tkuimzEwLmZkPwCLcBGAs/s1600/iteron%2Bdrones.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="569" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fvgD2BUegLY/WX4_NMwAmpI/AAAAAAAAvAY/ZQbh7yGnMpM3xCUM-V9tkuimzEwLmZkPwCLcBGAs/s1600/iteron%2Bdrones.png" /></a></div><br />Decadence kills.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63733631/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BGD3Vu6AZ4U/WX4_P2YoERI/AAAAAAAAvAc/lnO0iruiorYCPxcr_leYxfYONJGfbnnXgCLcBGAs/s1600/fenrir.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63733631/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />You'd think freighter pilots would be more cautious when they get near Uedama, but no. <b>Stilgar XXX</b> managed to lose a freighter worth 8.4 billion isk. His punishment was delivered by Agents <b>Trump The King, Taxman Daniel, Australian Excellence, Tax Collector BokChoy, Tax Collector Stroheim, Tax Collector Aruka, Tax Collector Hill, Tax Collector KarlMarx, Pod Destroyer Molly, Tax Collector Max, Tax Collector HongMei, Tawny Rozei, Sherri Rozei, Christine Rozei, Lagatha Rozei, Giselle Rozei, Ruby Rozei</b>, and <b>Harletta Quinn</b>. I think we can all agree that the punishment was richly deserved.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oT6vYrwk9eQ/WX4_SO6lvZI/AAAAAAAAvAg/ix1mCaCaw1UzdP5q0zhvW4-Hpi_UZD9vACLcBGAs/s1600/fenrir%2Bcargo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="87" data-original-width="528" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oT6vYrwk9eQ/WX4_SO6lvZI/AAAAAAAAvAg/ix1mCaCaw1UzdP5q0zhvW4-Hpi_UZD9vACLcBGAs/s1600/fenrir%2Bcargo.png" /></a></div><br />If anyone noticed a blip in the Navy Cap Booster market this week, there you go.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63692017/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i2WE-IkpY98/WX4_UXSD2NI/AAAAAAAAvAk/Dcns4s2Ux7c6mEkL-BqkLkbL8PkbHlD8QCLcBGAs/s1600/mackinaw.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63692017/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />What are these miners thinking? <b>wizprang58</b> blinged out his Mackinaw and headed for the nearest ice anomaly. Luckily, Agents <b>Slutzilla, D34dly D34dly</b>, and <b>Larsulrik Napsterbane</b> were monitoring the situation. ORE Ice Harvesters, what a joke.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63692020/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cBt5tdoXnFc/WX4_WjcCWnI/AAAAAAAAvAo/Mn8djc1E7YAIrgPqgyUnqDOiS28mF4g4QCLcBGAs/s1600/pod.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63692020/" target="_blank">KILLMAIL</a></div><br />Things only got worse for <b>wizprang58</b> when his Mackinaw was cracked open. Agent <b>Slutzkilla</b> snatched the mad miner's pod, which was worth 2.5 billion isk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fjq3e6OyeB0/WX4_ZifDLSI/AAAAAAAAvAs/yGETdG-zAFoKn0REIYSv4JPqHDAHtRPDACLcBGAs/s1600/implants.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fjq3e6OyeB0/WX4_ZifDLSI/AAAAAAAAvAs/yGETdG-zAFoKn0REIYSv4JPqHDAHtRPDACLcBGAs/s1600/implants.png" /></a></div><br />wizprang58 liked to think of himself as a Crystal set, but deep down he was just a Mining Foreman Mindlink.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/XZJvjI5bO3o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com28http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/kills-of-week_30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-64263573247657049442017-07-29T18:11:00.000+00:002017-07-29T18:11:37.510+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 7<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Kalorned</b> steamrolled <b>Mission Ready Mining</b>, a corporation that theoretically had 2,400+ members to drawn upon. MRM resorted to calling in help from several highsec PvP outfits, including the dreaded <b>Vendetta Mercenary Group</b>. <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/code-ready-gelhan-part-6.html" target="_blank">War was imminent</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZU4yCZJ4kM/WXzO0-COLMI/AAAAAAAAu_U/M3tDXHiJ2YcnPI3Yz3TpHtQdL8hkee5pgCLcBGAs/s1600/F01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZU4yCZJ4kM/WXzO0-COLMI/AAAAAAAAu_U/M3tDXHiJ2YcnPI3Yz3TpHtQdL8hkee5pgCLcBGAs/s1600/F01.png" /></a></div><br />Unlike Mission Ready Mining, which wardecced Kalorned's gank alt corp, Vendetta Mercenary Group did its research. They correctly identified the corporation that Kalorned was a member of and declared war.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NyjuPYTzEKE/WXzO3uJiI2I/AAAAAAAAu_Y/qZydU4-xJNQXtId4TbZGkOByVBmrEyiQwCLcBGAs/s1600/F02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NyjuPYTzEKE/WXzO3uJiI2I/AAAAAAAAu_Y/qZydU4-xJNQXtId4TbZGkOByVBmrEyiQwCLcBGAs/s1600/F02.png" /></a></div><br />In less than 24 hours, the mercs would be able to freely attack Kalorned's bumping Orthrus. In the meantime, each side positioned its chess pieces and prepared to strike.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0qFWqD-R1sk/WXzO6GzjTCI/AAAAAAAAu_c/yWxArxvHjfo_j5FqwKZ_jJ93GhuQGr7AwCLcBGAs/s1600/F03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0qFWqD-R1sk/WXzO6GzjTCI/AAAAAAAAu_c/yWxArxvHjfo_j5FqwKZ_jJ93GhuQGr7AwCLcBGAs/s1600/F03.png" /></a></div><br />Vendetta Mercenary Group's preparations consisted of accusing Kalorned of breaking the EULA. The accusation spread like wildfire in Mission Ready Mining circles, which had long suspected our Agent of cheating somehow.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koGGd15VqJ8/WXzO8jLfy0I/AAAAAAAAu_g/Vt3Ua1pSOAM-AhWPd4EBDrwNn3H4BjilgCLcBGAs/s1600/F04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="590" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koGGd15VqJ8/WXzO8jLfy0I/AAAAAAAAu_g/Vt3Ua1pSOAM-AhWPd4EBDrwNn3H4BjilgCLcBGAs/s1600/F04.png" /></a></div><br />The carebears and their hired guns grilled Kalorned in local. If they could get a confession on the record and petition CCP, maybe Kalorned would be banned before the wardec went live. It was the safest approach.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pG12q5rQQyM/WXzO-jvruII/AAAAAAAAu_k/beXmiohhsDYZshk0tdWgXboF4p3Rev37wCLcBGAs/s1600/F05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pG12q5rQQyM/WXzO-jvruII/AAAAAAAAu_k/beXmiohhsDYZshk0tdWgXboF4p3Rev37wCLcBGAs/s1600/F05.png" /></a></div><br />Our hero toyed with the miners by switching to each of his gank alts and having them say something in local one after the other.<br /><blockquote><b>RM24</b> &gt; I don't think any human can alt tab that fast<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; RM24 yeah your probably right<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; you would have to be a super human<br /><b>RM24</b> &gt; I'm either right or wrong... so what is it?<br /><b>RM24</b> &gt; I'm right that no human can alt tab that fast</blockquote>The MRM miners were now certain that Kalorned had gained an unfair advantage over them. It was the only explanation for their staggering defeats thus far--since they did not yet believe in the power of the Code.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVafaXCdLlI/WXzPA8Wv0ZI/AAAAAAAAu_o/PAjqV1HhvHUKrVZBzI-BIbzR6TlaStKygCLcBGAs/s1600/F06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVafaXCdLlI/WXzPA8Wv0ZI/AAAAAAAAu_o/PAjqV1HhvHUKrVZBzI-BIbzR6TlaStKygCLcBGAs/s1600/F06.png" /></a></div><br />Despite the persistence of MRM's interrogators, Kalorned managed to avoid giving them a smoking gun. He was one slippery Orthrus pilot, that Kalorned.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BzvnnYWqk4c/WXzPC4Q4D2I/AAAAAAAAu_s/XprSOlxilpgA8mY7oeMWpFELBN7U8xN1wCLcBGAs/s1600/F07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BzvnnYWqk4c/WXzPC4Q4D2I/AAAAAAAAu_s/XprSOlxilpgA8mY7oeMWpFELBN7U8xN1wCLcBGAs/s1600/F07.png" /></a></div><br /><b>RM24</b> felt confident that he was closing in, but he never quite managed to close the deal. MRM and Vendetta Mercenary Group's pre-war strategy had failed. Worse yet, they were unaware that Kalorned was quietly maneuvering to checkmate them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IxtTSOL9qP0/WXzPFTeb4RI/AAAAAAAAu_w/SBwL2pD1ycIWi9TPGKZniAC1J820wzz5wCLcBGAs/s1600/F08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="412" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IxtTSOL9qP0/WXzPFTeb4RI/AAAAAAAAu_w/SBwL2pD1ycIWi9TPGKZniAC1J820wzz5wCLcBGAs/s1600/F08.png" /></a></div><br />Kalorned won the war against Vendetta Mercenary Group by dissolving and immediately re-forming his corporation. This tactic was long considered an exploit by CCP. But several years ago, in a desperate attempt to garner favor among carebears, CCP changed the rule. Highsec carebears had begged CCP for total immunity from wardecs, and the corp reboot tactic did the trick--for smaller corps, at least. The Agents of the New Order love to turn the carebears' own weapons against them, and as Kalorned's employment history shows, he frequently did so.<br /><blockquote><b>lil Pheonix</b> &gt; Kalorned rip closed corp again<br /><b>lil Pheonix</b> &gt; VMG wins again<br /><b>lil Pheonix</b> &gt; VMG WINS AGAIN! <br /><b>lil Pheonix</b> &gt; Kalorned every time you close corp<br /><b>lil Pheonix</b> &gt; I win</blockquote>Mission Ready Mining had hired Vendetta Mercenary Group to put a stop to Kalorned's bumping campaign. Unfortunately, they only succeeded in wasting a wardec fee. True to form, the highsec mercenaries immediately declared that their contract was fulfilled.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pIMdWFaAMA8/WXzPIB3dFdI/AAAAAAAAu_0/zote862Fm4UwTJJWGaA9kBBlJVTpZHeDgCLcBGAs/s1600/F09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pIMdWFaAMA8/WXzPIB3dFdI/AAAAAAAAu_0/zote862Fm4UwTJJWGaA9kBBlJVTpZHeDgCLcBGAs/s1600/F09.png" /></a></div><br />The next day, Kalorned and his gank alts returned to the Gelhan system. One of the MRM miners, <b>Menomine Hekki</b>, ominously declared that something would happen in three hours.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--8dYwC994Dw/WXzPKQVLSuI/AAAAAAAAu_4/SsC27OwNAn0ZAmN17gC4VxGsxNjaXRi7QCLcBGAs/s1600/F10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--8dYwC994Dw/WXzPKQVLSuI/AAAAAAAAu_4/SsC27OwNAn0ZAmN17gC4VxGsxNjaXRi7QCLcBGAs/s1600/F10.png" /></a></div><br />She was referring to the wardec against the gank alt corporation. MRM's alliance, <b>Fly Fearless</b>, had declared war the day before, and the war was set to go live in just three hours.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QeabQzh8QdM/WXzPMTjzI7I/AAAAAAAAu_8/rwrpWg1K7sgZcIKtVt1CX49Uv79y9YVagCLcBGAs/s1600/F11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QeabQzh8QdM/WXzPMTjzI7I/AAAAAAAAu_8/rwrpWg1K7sgZcIKtVt1CX49Uv79y9YVagCLcBGAs/s1600/F11.png" /></a></div><br />Since all of its members were at -10 security status, Kalorned hadn't bothered to reboot the gank alt corp. Yet the pilots of MRM acted like they were certain that the war would change everything. Did the carebears have something up their sleeves--something Kalorned didn't anticipate? Or would they simply fail again?<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/j4a000yn9Ow" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com34http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/code-ready-gelhan-part-7.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-31371917770514764262017-07-28T18:22:00.000+00:002017-07-28T18:22:27.649+00:00Over One Trillion Two Hundred Six Billion in Shares Sold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--0_pcysHp-I/WXt__75BhLI/AAAAAAAAu-o/nsVPcoqoQB0fC_7ACDAHL4q_SwKDAKUZACLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="564" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--0_pcysHp-I/WXt__75BhLI/AAAAAAAAu-o/nsVPcoqoQB0fC_7ACDAHL4q_SwKDAKUZACLcBGAs/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />Pow! There it is.<br /><br /><a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Black%20Pedro" target="_blank"><b>Black Pedro</b></a> kept the spirit of EVE alive with his purchase of an additional 1,000 shares. Said purchase sent us past the 1,205 billion isk mark, but more importantly, it was made with pure intentions. That's the real reason Black Pedro earned a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.<br /><br />Another milestone reached: <a href="https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/zyk0" target="_blank"><b>zyk0</b></a> purchased his first 1,000 shares, thereby sending us past the 1,206 billion isk mark. But zyk0 didn't earn a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.<br /><br />Are you awake and fully alert, dear reader? These posts don't contain boilerplate, no matter how often we pass a billion isk mark. If you weren't paying close attention, reread the previous paragraph, because something unprecedented occurred here.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UnSQMe3l-OE/WXuACF_PyQI/AAAAAAAAu-s/RNP59LPyahMS-t7dxVQn3Ktux1C7TF2dwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="345" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UnSQMe3l-OE/WXuACF_PyQI/AAAAAAAAu-s/RNP59LPyahMS-t7dxVQn3Ktux1C7TF2dwCLcBGAs/s1600/02.png" /></a></div><br />At the very moment I was processing new share purchases, I saw an unusual event unfolding live in MinerBumping chat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R3ltTfesOxY/WXuAEFx7RRI/AAAAAAAAu-w/-CzqM9J6CUQyHyPkU4I6x1m1hZ-t8Iq0gCLcBGAs/s1600/03a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R3ltTfesOxY/WXuAEFx7RRI/AAAAAAAAu-w/-CzqM9J6CUQyHyPkU4I6x1m1hZ-t8Iq0gCLcBGAs/s1600/03a.png" /></a></div><br />A <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63737158/" target="_blank">freighter belonging to zyk0</a> had just been destroyed! Controversy ensued.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R-quv0TVb8s/WXuAGd1NJDI/AAAAAAAAu-0/omBsFGzoGOYzBIS3c2fvfVaVtWjLvATIwCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="39" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R-quv0TVb8s/WXuAGd1NJDI/AAAAAAAAu-0/omBsFGzoGOYzBIS3c2fvfVaVtWjLvATIwCLcBGAs/s1600/04.png" /></a></div><br />zyk0 was a new shareholder. I mean, he was <i>really</i> new--brand ganking new.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KUAkBwfxnao/WXuAIW7jdXI/AAAAAAAAu-4/LjAiVHKlKmE3AjxSkfkVqc2GMlevJiSRgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="349" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KUAkBwfxnao/WXuAIW7jdXI/AAAAAAAAu-4/LjAiVHKlKmE3AjxSkfkVqc2GMlevJiSRgCLcBGAs/s1600/05.png" /></a></div><br />I had a hunch about what was going on. Agents of the New Order, always trust your hunches. They're practically facts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tuRjZbSDgjU/WXuAKS8UmGI/AAAAAAAAu-8/MYDudi1-rsoyCwxXl3rCHGkARVgCXScEgCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="349" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tuRjZbSDgjU/WXuAKS8UmGI/AAAAAAAAu-8/MYDudi1-rsoyCwxXl3rCHGkARVgCXScEgCLcBGAs/s1600/06.png" /></a></div><br />zyk0 immediately confessed that his purchase of 1,000 shares occurred after his freighter started getting bumped.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUqRshA_nKE/WXuAMdWnfjI/AAAAAAAAu_A/Oo5PNBxs8-Af7gG7AKV3d-8O0v9YZfLewCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="349" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUqRshA_nKE/WXuAMdWnfjI/AAAAAAAAu_A/Oo5PNBxs8-Af7gG7AKV3d-8O0v9YZfLewCLcBGAs/s1600/07.png" /></a></div><br />As always, perfect justice prevailed. Everyone walked away happy. zyk0 was allowed to keep his shares, but he didn't get a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ due to the circumstances surrounding the purchase.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BexpnPGcaQs/WXuAOek6SlI/AAAAAAAAu_E/FtkDEL30CPE41V0ygp0EOFzgr5aA-l9-QCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="349" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BexpnPGcaQs/WXuAOek6SlI/AAAAAAAAu_E/FtkDEL30CPE41V0ygp0EOFzgr5aA-l9-QCLcBGAs/s1600/08.png" /></a></div><br />In a world where the powerful are so often marked by corruption and incompetence, it's nice to see a regime where everything goes the way it's supposed to. Simply put, the Code <i>works</i>.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/l5WRGMomAXk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com48http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/over-one-trillion-two-hundred-six.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-13506375063893382132017-07-27T17:10:00.000+00:002017-07-27T17:10:14.066+00:00Code Ready Gelhan, Part 6<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Kalorned</b> launched a campaign to enforce the Code in the Gelhan system, which was infested by miners from the gargantuan <b>Mission Ready Mining</b> corporation. Kalorned easily took over the system and the MRM miners <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/code-ready-gelhan-part-5.html" target="_blank">scattered like cockroaches</a>. But soon MRM called in support from friendly PvP alliances in the area, including <b>Vendetta Mercenary Group</b>.<br /><blockquote><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; lol<br /><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; ur bad<br /><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; leave tether you sackless mongoloid<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Only once you learn some manners young man<br /><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; grow a pair vagina</blockquote><b>Pheonix Jr</b> of Vendetta Mercenary Group demanded that Kalorned face him in a duel. Our Agent already told him about the three Tests in the Code, but Pheonix wasn't interested.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You of course will also have to demonstrate your honor as previously noted<br /><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; Kalorned too come up with meaningless excuses to avoid fights<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; but im guessing you'd rage hard if you lost that orthrus<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; it would explain why you're such a puss with it<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; ya'll are doing great<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; ur garbage bro its okay</blockquote>The altercation in local attracted a crowd. They insisted that Kalorned stop bumping miners and engage in PvP on their own terms. Otherwise they would subject our Agent to dire consequences: More insults in local chat.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; No one ever wants to finish one of the three tests to duel? why is that<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Kalorned can only guess that everyone is lazy<br /><b>Ozora Tsasa</b> &gt; no, we just dont like bully fucks picking on our miners. GTFO<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; allow duals ye pussy<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; defend your honor</blockquote>The insults and tears weren't effective, so Kalorned's challengers resorted to a strategy that one might call "hostile begging".<br /><blockquote><b>Uber Fackerie</b> &gt; the 3 tests that james 315 created because he knew that new order plebs lacked sufficient skill. These tests were made so that members had a way out of legitimate pvp<br /><b>Uber Fackerie</b> &gt; FACT<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Just complete the test then<br /><b>Pheonix Jr</b> &gt; fckin pleb<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; still sais pussy when i dual request you<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; You may need a new video card</blockquote>Kalorned brushed off the nonsense. After years of dealing with Code violators, he was used to it.<br /><blockquote><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; get rekt by this brutix plebian so i can move this shit talk to comments sextion of Zkill<br /><b>Uber Fackerie</b> &gt; oh it definitely says pussy<br /><b>Uber Fackerie</b> &gt; CCP actually coded it in for all new order RP fuckbags<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; defend your honor swine</blockquote>Our Agent identified a representative of yet another mercenary alliance: <b>Uber Fackerie</b> was a member of <b>Short Bus Mercenaries.</b> How many organizations were affiliated with Mission Ready Mining?<br /><blockquote><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; who the fuck wont fight a brutix with an orthrus<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; if i were in an orthrus getting dualed by a brutix i would totes demolish said brutix<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; 2007 and this garbage at eve<br /><b>Beers OfWar</b> &gt; he has been playing 15$ a month since 2007 to be the most risk adverse plebian iv met lol</blockquote>MRM and its friends were powerless to stop Kalorned from bumping and ganking. They were equally powerless to persuade him to abandon the Code. Time for a new approach:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dhiOTDshJAI/WXoca_SovrI/AAAAAAAAu9w/YZ4q4HOuPM0i2h92IEO-BX6T-Xhrc8tMQCLcBGAs/s1600/E01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dhiOTDshJAI/WXoca_SovrI/AAAAAAAAu9w/YZ4q4HOuPM0i2h92IEO-BX6T-Xhrc8tMQCLcBGAs/s1600/E01.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Fly Fearless</b>, the alliance that Mission Ready Mining belongs to, initiated a wardec. Kalorned was now at war with over 2,400 pilots.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IoMCfL5CNjM/WXocdNtNUxI/AAAAAAAAu90/TetfXfModNoyQDUI55LAoSBaxYWNr3C8gCLcBGAs/s1600/E02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="590" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IoMCfL5CNjM/WXocdNtNUxI/AAAAAAAAu90/TetfXfModNoyQDUI55LAoSBaxYWNr3C8gCLcBGAs/s1600/E02.jpg" /></a></div><br />...Actually, that's not totally accurate. <b>The New Order Gamis Affiliates</b> was the corp that Kalorned's gank alts belonged to. Kalorned himself, who did all the bumping, was a member of a different corporation, <b>Psychedelic Llamas</b>. Thus, MRM had paid for a war with a corp filled with -10 security status Catalyst pilots. As for Kalorned, they could only give him the carebear stare.<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; o/ Lurswena Ice - You will need a permit to mine tonight<br /><b>Lurswena Ice</b> &gt; Kalorned yeah, then come gank me<br /><b>Lurswena Ice</b> &gt; or wait Im to fat for you! :D<br /><b>Lurswena Ice</b> &gt; this is boring.. I guess will go sleep</blockquote>The next day, Kalorned returned to the Gelhan belts and bumped as usual. One by one, the MRM miners "got bored", "were full", or suddenly "felt like doing something else".<br /><blockquote><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; o/ Ragnar gunn Alexander - you will need a mining permit to mine tonight<br /><b>Klarice Bloodborne</b> &gt; lul, permit my nuts.<br /><b>Justin Enderas</b> &gt; Oooh, Kalorned is here :o<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; o/<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; o/ Belshil Ataru You need a mining permit to mine tonight</blockquote>Bumping is a great way to induce denial in a carebear. They simply can't believe that a bumper can stop them from mining. It doesn't make sense to them. This can cause a miner to become even more disconnected from reality than usual:<br /><blockquote><b>Slippy Nip</b> &gt; guess he doesnt<br /><b>Slippy Nip</b> &gt; Seems to mining fine atm<br /><b>Slippy Nip</b> &gt; You shouldnt be trying to show authority when you have none kid<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Do go on, I'm interested to hear more about how one mines while docked</blockquote><b>Slippy Nip</b> went into denial. He claimed that bumping didn't do anything, and he pretended that MRM was still happily mining away in Gelhan.<br /><blockquote><b>Slippy Nip</b> &gt; go check the belts mate<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; checked<br /><b>Slippy Nip</b> &gt; just because you chase one or two miners away doesnt mean theyre not instantly replaced by others<br /><b>Kalorned</b> &gt; Ai, look at all the replacements here</blockquote>In fact, Gelhan's ice anomaly and all of its asteroid belts were now empty of miners. Kalorned admired the newly Code-compliant system.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3u6QFvV4cac/WXocfZJ1zEI/AAAAAAAAu94/Wal9mW6FZD0ZXt5-7cTqt_Vo_AcqC6xXQCLcBGAs/s1600/E03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3u6QFvV4cac/WXocfZJ1zEI/AAAAAAAAu94/Wal9mW6FZD0ZXt5-7cTqt_Vo_AcqC6xXQCLcBGAs/s1600/E03.png" /></a></div><br />Behind the scenes, the members of MRM were furious. This "Code" business had gone on long enough. They urged their mercenary friends to declare war on Kalorned's corp.<br /><br /><i>To be continued...</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/Lsvj1KMpL9s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com41http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/code-ready-gelhan-part-6.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-29159721735770997332017-07-26T18:22:00.000+00:002017-07-26T18:22:18.870+00:00The Bombshell, Part 2<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Bellatrix Invicta</b> ganked <b>Wayndre Anzari</b>, who claimed to be a new player. A quick check of Wayndre's employment history revealed that he had over six years in the game. When challenged on this, Wayndre declared that the Code was invalid because the Saviour of Highsec was <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/the-bombshell-part-1.html" target="_blank">permabanned from EVE</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wysdodxK6eM/WXjch3_QgSI/AAAAAAAAu8s/H9d40h4f0zodo8vUG3GDkWRmCobmXzCogCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wysdodxK6eM/WXjch3_QgSI/AAAAAAAAu8s/H9d40h4f0zodo8vUG3GDkWRmCobmXzCogCLcBGAs/s1600/A01.png" /></a></div><br />Our Agents typically shrug off claims that I'm banned from the game; carebears have been proclaiming my ban since the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/08/reports-of-my-ban-have-been-greatly.html" target="_blank">earliest days</a> of the New Order. But this time was different: Wayndre had 14 different sources all reporting that I was banned. CCP developers themselves had also gone on the record confirming the ban.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r-NSlOc2aec/WXjckTTHniI/AAAAAAAAu8w/IFa2AiZKpCs-5bB9HbxW04WPcoiJImSaACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="375" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r-NSlOc2aec/WXjckTTHniI/AAAAAAAAu8w/IFa2AiZKpCs-5bB9HbxW04WPcoiJImSaACLcBGAs/s1600/A02.png" /></a></div><br />Clearly, if 14 different sources all agree on something, there must be some truth to it. Bellatrix remained skeptical, however. After all, there's rarely any truth to what highsec miners say.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5OYlsYYgt-U/WXjcn-_wzAI/AAAAAAAAu80/r1qFLT_CoxUsTewuF-0cpz7tnsJKCZUoQCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="375" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5OYlsYYgt-U/WXjcn-_wzAI/AAAAAAAAu80/r1qFLT_CoxUsTewuF-0cpz7tnsJKCZUoQCLcBGAs/s1600/A03.png" /></a></div><br />Wayndre produced his first source, <a href="http://eveion.blogspot.com/2014/04/james-315-permanently-banned-for.html" target="_blank">an article</a> from The Eve Onion--a satirical fake news site authored by Agent <b>Tubrug1</b>. Wayndre was off to a rocky start.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JKrOlKPxOAM/WXjcqK9QmDI/AAAAAAAAu84/PRliHMCoxiAS3H95TiANoJRq7R8A8LFBACLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="373" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JKrOlKPxOAM/WXjcqK9QmDI/AAAAAAAAu84/PRliHMCoxiAS3H95TiANoJRq7R8A8LFBACLcBGAs/s1600/A04.png" /></a></div><br />The miner's next source was from a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2hfcy5/james_315_was_permabanned_from_eve_writes_longass/" target="_blank">Reddit post</a>, which linked to an article I wrote for TheMittani.com. At the beginning of the article, I mentioned that I'd been wrongfully permabanned back in 2006, that I'd petitioned it, and that CCP lifted the ban after a week. The EVE subreddit inadvertently trolled itself by linking the article with an announcement that I'd been permabanned.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X6TA9BPZHOg/WXjcs85GsyI/AAAAAAAAu88/fPGq5VHEUN0X6t48ptrwrYqxfLWdd7PkwCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="374" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X6TA9BPZHOg/WXjcs85GsyI/AAAAAAAAu88/fPGq5VHEUN0X6t48ptrwrYqxfLWdd7PkwCLcBGAs/s1600/A05.png" /></a></div><br />By now, Wayndre was getting desperate. His next "article" came from the EVE forums:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qaut6SSygmg/WXjcvS25g7I/AAAAAAAAu9A/WANS1w2y7A0YJ3LLrEjZ2RoaZmbrXdCYwCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="590" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qaut6SSygmg/WXjcvS25g7I/AAAAAAAAu9A/WANS1w2y7A0YJ3LLrEjZ2RoaZmbrXdCYwCLcBGAs/s1600/A06.png" /></a></div><br />The EVE-O post was actually just a <a href="https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&amp;t=464296" target="_blank">miner's rant</a> that made no mention of any bans.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yJd6gIw6CMg/WXjcxyVyi7I/AAAAAAAAu9E/DQJ3VuONB4k2TP5skY1G17dJNv-atUOWwCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="374" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yJd6gIw6CMg/WXjcxyVyi7I/AAAAAAAAu9E/DQJ3VuONB4k2TP5skY1G17dJNv-atUOWwCLcBGAs/s1600/A07.png" /></a></div><br />Upon inspection, Wayndre's fourteen sources turned out to be just three, none of which survived any scrutiny. Wayndre made a strategic withdrawal.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8IuRxXoxLkk/WXjc0Wk3MhI/AAAAAAAAu9I/qc-HOJ2-QFA3srWgrq8NfyN4UjOK2yeaACLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="374" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8IuRxXoxLkk/WXjc0Wk3MhI/AAAAAAAAu9I/qc-HOJ2-QFA3srWgrq8NfyN4UjOK2yeaACLcBGAs/s1600/A08.png" /></a></div><br />Earlier, Wayndre said that CCP made a public declaration of my ban and the reasons for it. That post never materialized. The miner wasn't interested in talking about the ban rumors anymore. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gwrx4Vijh8Q/WXjc23yCW3I/AAAAAAAAu9M/rXflrI96yfE4aAMSKQ6DHz-u2UTU45TswCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="374" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gwrx4Vijh8Q/WXjc23yCW3I/AAAAAAAAu9M/rXflrI96yfE4aAMSKQ6DHz-u2UTU45TswCLcBGAs/s1600/A09.png" /></a></div><br />Faced with a non-banned organization led by a non-banned leader, Wayndre had no choice but to plead for mercy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TujYcNwZb-g/WXjc5a84DPI/AAAAAAAAu9Q/n3sx3-t0ADgCziusJ0widcUsllJRORRdQCLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="373" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TujYcNwZb-g/WXjc5a84DPI/AAAAAAAAu9Q/n3sx3-t0ADgCziusJ0widcUsllJRORRdQCLcBGAs/s1600/A10.png" /></a></div><br />Bellatrix tried to reason with the miner and give him a way out. Unfortunately, the carebear only incriminated himself further.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-36fjLPuc9Ow/WXjc78lmwoI/AAAAAAAAu9U/P_wmpav9mAY_loeOcVU8eIX-hXm2uWGMwCLcBGAs/s1600/A11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="373" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-36fjLPuc9Ow/WXjc78lmwoI/AAAAAAAAu9U/P_wmpav9mAY_loeOcVU8eIX-hXm2uWGMwCLcBGAs/s1600/A11.png" /></a></div><br />Enough with the resistance nonsense. It was time for Wayndre to get right with the Code.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXgECMM7fdw/WXjc-CE3ESI/AAAAAAAAu9Y/yGye7HEw1r8oxpZ2kKHg46GeqjKcp2y2wCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="373" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXgECMM7fdw/WXjc-CE3ESI/AAAAAAAAu9Y/yGye7HEw1r8oxpZ2kKHg46GeqjKcp2y2wCLcBGAs/s1600/A12.png" /></a></div><br />Bellatrix was baffled. Hadn't this miner <i>just</i> been talking about my alleged ban? In fact, Wayndre was being honest for the first time: He didn't know me at all. If he did, he would obey my Code.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HfYp_ZlgXg/WXjdA4hYmbI/AAAAAAAAu9c/yVwd-qirf7cgl6e37K5stwjhw5NGKWPmQCLcBGAs/s1600/A13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="371" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HfYp_ZlgXg/WXjdA4hYmbI/AAAAAAAAu9c/yVwd-qirf7cgl6e37K5stwjhw5NGKWPmQCLcBGAs/s1600/A13.png" /></a></div><br />Wayndre felt helpless. Agents of the New Order are too good at elite PvP. They're unbeatable.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf695UdjKH4/WXjdDf2YqRI/AAAAAAAAu9g/T86XVhmXx6UmkyiF-Z6BR_tt9iKSuOG_wCLcBGAs/s1600/A14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="371" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf695UdjKH4/WXjdDf2YqRI/AAAAAAAAu9g/T86XVhmXx6UmkyiF-Z6BR_tt9iKSuOG_wCLcBGAs/s1600/A14.png" /></a></div><br />Bellatrix offered Wayndre one final olive branch, but the miner turned up his nose and terminated the convo. In his last words, Wayndre threatened to report Bellatrix to CCP. Will she be banned? I guess we'l find out.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Minerbumpingcom/~4/o2kPKKPSydI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Miner Bumpinghttps://plus.google.com/106631708836258929567noreply@blogger.com53http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/the-bombshell-part-2.html